Redhat – How to get the git-all meta package on RHEL 6.2

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I believe I'm missing some of the common git addons, such as gitk, and I suspect it is because I installed git using

sudo yum install git

as the information for that package lists:

        : The git rpm installs the core tools with minimal dependencies.  To
        : install all git packages, including tools for integrating with
        : other SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.

Ok, fine. I'd like to install the git-all meta-package. However my naive attempt to do so, with sudo yum install git-all tells me there is no package git-all.

Here is my yum repolist:

repo id              repo name                                            status
epel                 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64       8,226
rhel-x86_64-server-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 64-bit x86 8,800

What could I be missing?

Best Answer

The git-all dummy package is part of the base repository. Short answer: gitk is its own package. yum install gitk.

[root@Davalan ~]# yum info git-all

Available Packages
Name        : git-all
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 1.7.1
Release     : 2.el6_0.1
Size        : 16 k
Repo        : base
Summary     : Meta-package to pull in all git tools
URL         : http://git-scm.com/
License     : GPLv2
Description : Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
            : unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
            : and full access to internals.
            : 
            : This is a dummy package which brings in all subpackages.

Running yum install git-all should resolve these dependencies. In a pinch, you can just make sure you have the following installed:

Dependencies Resolved

====================================================================================================================
 Package                          Arch                  Version                           Repository           Size
====================================================================================================================
Installing:
 git-all                          noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                 16 k
Installing for dependencies:
 cvsps                            x86_64                2.2-0.6.b1.el6                    base                 56 k
 emacs-common                     x86_64                1:23.1-21.el6_2.3                 base                 18 M
 emacs-git                        noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                 40 k
 emacs-nox                        x86_64                1:23.1-21.el6_2.3                 base                1.9 M
 git-cvs                          noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                 84 k
 git-email                        noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                 41 k
 git-gui                          noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                216 k
 git-svn                          noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                 95 k
 gitk                             noarch                1.7.1-2.el6_0.1                   base                132 k
 perl-Authen-SASL                 noarch                2.13-2.el6                        base                 51 k
 perl-DBI                         x86_64                1.609-4.el6                       base                705 k
 perl-GSSAPI                      x86_64                0.26-5.el6                        base                 64 k
 perl-Net-SMTP-SSL                noarch                1.01-4.el6                        base                8.1 k
 perl-TermReadKey                 x86_64                2.30-13.el6                       base                 31 k
 subversion-perl                  x86_64                1.6.11-7.el6                      base                796 k

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================
Install      16 Package(s)

Of course, you want want to know why your repo installation was unsuccessful. Are you pulling from the EL 6.2 or the 6.3 repository? (curious, since 6.2 is older and doesn't have any updates). You could also try a yum clean all.

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