wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.5.2.1.tar.gz tar xvzf git-1.5.2.1.tar.gz cd git-1.5.2.1 make configure ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make all sudo make install then make sure /usr/local/bin is in the path, course. # modify $PATH git config --global user.name "Morbus Iff" git config --global user.email morbus@disobey.com (/me kept notes.)