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Install GIT And Ubuntu

Download Git Set Up

1. Open https://git-scm.com/
2. Once the page gets loaded, click on ‘Downloads’.

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3. From the download page, click the appropriate operating system (in my case, it’s windows)

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4. Once you click the ‘Windows’ link, a new page will appear to select the installer type. Click on the relevant link to download the installer. In my case, my operating system is 64-bit

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Installing Git

1. Double-click on the set up downloaded from the previous step.
2. Once you double-click, a window will come to provide information on licensing (see the screen shot below). Click on ‘Next’ button to move to next step.

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3. On the next screen, a window appears to select the component to install

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4. On the next window, select the default editor the Git uses

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5. On the next window, you specify the name of the initial branch of the new repository

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6. On the next window, we specify which application to use for Git. In the picture, we specify Git Bash as an application for using Git

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7. On the next window, an option for the SSH executable is selected

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8. On the next window, we specify the line-end configuration. It means how line endings (newline characters) are handled across different operating systems

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9. On the next screen, we configure the terminal emulator

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10. On the next window, set the default behavior of the git pull command

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11. On the next window, choose the credential helper

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12. On the next window, you can configure extra options like file caching

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13. On the next screen, we do additional settings

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14. Finally, a screen will appear where a user can click on the "Install" button to start the installation

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Check If Git Has Installed

1. Go to desktop.
2. Click on the ‘Git Bash’ icon.

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3. A command prompt like window will open. In the window, enter the following command

git --version





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If you are getting the version, then you can say that git is installed.

Installing Ubuntu

1. Open windows store (if you are using windows 10).
2. In the search box, type ‘ubuntu’ and press enter.
3. Ubuntu application is searched in windows store.

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4. Click on ‘Get’ to install ubuntu.

Other Settings

1. Go to control panel.
2. Click on ‘Programs’( ‘Turn windows features on or off’).
3. A window will appear to enable/disable windows features. Select ‘Windows Subsystem for Linux’ checkbox and click Ok.

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Please note that you have to restart your system after checking this checkbox.