Re: fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'

[David Barr <davidbarr@google.com>]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you installed libcurl4-(gnutls|openssl)-dev? You'll need to
> choose between gnutls and openssl for the underlying ssl
> implementation.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Ray Chuan
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Nickolai Leschov <nleschov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have compiled git 1.7.9 from source on Ubuntu 9.04 and I get the following
>> message when cloning a git repo:
>>
>> fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https'
>>
>> I get this message when I try to use https; or similar one for http. Only
>> cloning via git:// protocol works. My system is Ubuntu 9.04 i386. git 1.7.9 and
>> two previous versions I tried all exhibit this problem. I have uninstalled the
>> git that comes in Ubuntu repositories and build from source instead because I
>> need a newer version.
>>
>> How can I make git work on that system?
>>
>> I have another system with Ubuntu 11.04 i386 and it there git 1.7.4.1 (from
>> repositories) doesn't exhibit such problem.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nickolai Leschov
>>
>>
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You might be interested in the git PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa

I noticed that there is no Jaunty package for git 1.7.9, so I asked
the maintainer about it.

"Jaunty is long past EOL, and I don't think the PPA builders still
work with it.  You can try the hardy or lucid builds."
- andersk

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Hope this helps,
David Barr