Installing Git Flow on Ubuntu Linux

2012-03-16

Jitesh Doshi

Installing Git Flow on Ubuntu Linux

How to install git-flow branching model tool on Ubuntu Linux.

If you have heard of Git Flow, and you use Ubuntu Linux, then you can install it using the following instructions.

Download the latest .deb package file from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/i386/git-flow/, and then install it thus:

wget -P ~/Downloads http://launchpadlibrarian.net/84618376/git-flow_0.4.1-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/git-flow_0.4.1-2_all.deb

If you haven’t heard of Git Flow, then read all about it at http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/.