It is easiest to install Git on Linux using the preferred package manager of your Linux distribution.
Debian/Ubuntu
$ apt-get install git
Fedora
$ yum install git # (up to Fedora 21) $ dnf install git # (Fedora 22 and later)
Gentoo
$ emerge --ask --verbose dev-vcs/git
Arch Linux
$ pacman -S git
openSUSE
$ zypper install git
FreeBSD
$ cd /usr/ports/devel/git
$ make install
Solaris 11 Express
$ pkg install developer/versioning/git
OpenBSD
$ pkg_add git
Copied from: http://git-scm.com/download/linux