problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Maria Jose Fernandez]

Hello, 
I am doing a data science course and need to download GIT but for some reason I can’t installed it. I called Apple but they couldn’t help and suggested me to contact you guys. 

I hope you can help me.
Thank you very much,

Maria Jose Freeman

Re: problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:56:15 +0100
Maria Jose Fernandez <mjose.fernandezj@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am doing a data science course and need to download GIT but for
> some reason I can’t installed it. I called Apple but they couldn’t
> help and suggested me to contact you guys.

So you proceeded to http://git-scm.com/download/mac fetched the
installer, then found the downloaded file in the Finder, clicked it --
and then what happened?

Re: problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Torsten Bögershausen]

On 14.06.16 18:06, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:56:15 +0100
> Maria Jose Fernandez <mjose.fernandezj@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am doing a data science course and need to download GIT but for
>> some reason I can’t installed it. I called Apple but they couldn’t
>> help and suggested me to contact you guys.
> 
> So you proceeded to http://git-scm.com/download/mac fetched the
> installer, then found the downloaded file in the Finder, clicked it --
> and then what happened?
> --

Not sure, we need to verify first, what had happened.

Typically, if you install Xcode, there is a program
wrapper called git, saying that you need to install it
as part of Xcode.

You can do this.
You can go to http://git-scm.com/download/mac.
You can install git via homebrew, via fink or mac ports.

So it could be nice to know what exactly happened, please.

Re: problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Torsten Bögershausen]

On 14.06.16 18:45, Maria Jose Fernandez wrote:
> From http://git-scm.com/download/mac I clicked to download manually.
> Then it goes to https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg/download?use_mirror=autoselect
> I found the git - 2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg <https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg/download?use_mirror=autoselect> downloaded on my desktop. I open that and go through the installation process and then it says is installed but not found anywhere on my computer. 
>
>
It says ?

Do you think that you open a terminal and type
which git
git --version
and post the output here ?

Re: problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Maria Jose Fernandez]

I am very sorry but I am not understanding what you are saying. 
I will try with homebrew and see if it works that way.

> On 14 Jun 2016, at 17:48, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> wrote:
> 
> On 14.06.16 18:45, Maria Jose Fernandez wrote:
>> From http://git-scm.com/download/mac I clicked to download manually.
>> Then it goes to https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg/download?use_mirror=autoselect
>> I found the git - 2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg <https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/git-2.8.1-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg/download?use_mirror=autoselect> downloaded on my desktop. I open that and go through the installation process and then it says is installed but not found anywhere on my computer. 
>> 
>> 
> It says ?
> 
> Do you think that you open a terminal and type
> which git
> git --version
> and post the output here ?
> 
> 

Re: problems installing GIT on my MAC OS X 10.11.5

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:49:50 +0100
Maria Jose Fernandez <mjose.fernandezj@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am very sorry but I am not understanding what you are saying. 
> I will try with homebrew and see if it works that way.

Torstean means:

1. Using the Finder, locate the Terminal application and run it.
   An open with command prompt (the "$" character) will appear.

2. Type there, literally:

     git --version

   and hit the Enter key.

   See whether it errors out at you -- something like

     bash: git: command not found

   or the version of the installed Git program will be printed,
   like in

     git version 2.9.0

   (yours might be different but that doesn't matter).

Whatever the outcome is, select that text and paste it into the message
you're composing to send here.

[...]
> > Do you think that you open a terminal and type
> > which git
> > git --version
> > and post the output here ?