How To Install Git on Ubuntu 18.04 [Quickstart]

Logged into your Ubuntu 18.04 server as a sudo non-root user, first update your default packages.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install git

You can confirm that you have installed Git correctly by running this command and receiving output similar to the following:

git --version

Output
git version 2.17.1

Now that you have Git installed and to prevent warnings, you should configure it with your information.

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"

If you need to edit this file, you can use a text editor such as nano:

nano ~/.gitconfig

[user]
  name = Your Name
  email = youremail@domain.com

Here are links to more detailed tutorials that are related to this guide:

• How To Install Git on 18.04
• How To Use Git Effectively
• How To Use Git Branches
• An Introduction to Open Source