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You can navigate to and click the download button for the installer package that looks like the following image as of, showcasing git version 2.15.1. After I clicked download, I received the file git-2.15.0-intel-universal-mavericks.dmg which I then doubled clicked on. A macOS Git installer is maintained and available for download at the Git website, at Figure 7. Installing Git Download the latest Git installer package, double click on the installer to start the installation wizard. You’ll be prompted for your system password in order for the installer to complete. Free download Git Git for Mac OS X. Git is a free and open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

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GitHub is a great resource for developers although it can seem a little complicated to use at first. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to download from GitHub on the following operating systems: MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu). So without further ado, let’s start.

How to Download From GitHub on Windows & Mac OS X

Mac and Windows users will be happy to find out that files and projects can be download from GitHub by using a GUI. There are many Git clients available, some free and some commercials, but for this tutorial, we’ll stick to the official Git clients from GitHub.

  1. Head over to https://desktop.github.com/ and download the Native Git Desktop for your operating system.
  2. Once the download has completed, proceed with the installation. When asked to sign in, you can either create a free account or skip this step.
  3. Once you’ve completed the installation, you will see the GitHub Desktop window. Click on Clone a repository:
  4. Now you’ll need to get the URL of the project you wish to download from GitHub. For this tutorial, we’ll download phpMyAdmin. The URL for the project is https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It’s the same URL you would use to access the phpMyAdmin project from your web browser. Select the URL tab and copy the project URL in the text box:
  5. If you wish to modify the local path, choose another folder. When you’re done, click the Clone button. The phpMyAdmin project will be downloaded to your hard drive.
  6. Once the cloning process has completed, just click on “open this repository in Explorer” to access the phpMyAdmin files:

So that’s all there is to it. Next, you can copy the downloaded files to your project.

How to Download From GitHub on Linux

On Linux, you’ll to install “Git.” Here’s how to do this depending on the Linux distribution you are using:

Installing Git on CentOS

Installing Git on Debian

Installing Git on Ubuntu

Once you’ve installed Git, you can check its version:

Configuring Git for Linux

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To use Git, you’ll need to specify your name and email address:

Cloning a GitHub Repository

Start by creating a directory in which you will keep all the GitHub repositories you’ll clone:

Before you can clone a repository, you need to find the URL to its “.git” file. For this example, we’re going to clone the phpMyAdmin repository. Open this URL in your browser: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

Click on the green “Clone or download” button and then on the “Copy to clipboard” icon next to the URL.

Now use this URL with the “git” command to clone the repository:

Once the download is completed, the phpMyAdmin files will be found in ~/git/phpmyadmin

So, downloading files from GitHub is as simple as that. Of course, there is much more you can do with Git, such as managing your repositories or contributing to other projects. If you’re interested in learning more about Git, you can read the official documentation here.

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