Re: Install git package on Debian, could not run git

[hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com>]

On 8/20/08, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> wrote:
> hce wrote:
>  > Yes, I did run:
>  >
>  > $ sudo update-alternatives --config git
>  >
>  > There are 2 alternatives which provide `git'.
>  >
>  >   Selection    Alternative
>  > -----------------------------------------------
>  > *+        1    /usr/bin/git.transition
>  >           2    /usr/bin/git-scm
>  >
>  > Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1
>  > Using `/usr/bin/git.transition' to provide `git'.
>  >
>  > Is that a problem? Which one should I use, git-transition or git-scm?
>  > Shoud I delete one of them?
>  >
>
>
> I'm assuming you want the 'git' for version control. In this case,
>  option 2 seems promising: scm is something like Source Code Management.

Thanks. That works. It seems I installed too many git packages, should
I remove (purge) some packages which is not used? My root space is
also really tighten.

$ aptitude search git

i   cogito                          - version control system
p   digitaldj                       - An SQL based mp3 player front-end
p   digitemp                        - Program to read from temperature
sensors ip   digitools                       - A set of tools to
control ASUS Digimatrix
p   engauge-digitizer               - interactively extracts numbers
from bitmapp   engauge-digitizer-doc           - engauge-digitizer
user manual and tutoriali   git                             - GNU
Interactive Tools, a file browser/viewp   git-arch
   - content addressable filesystem (arch interp   git-completion
            - content addressable filesystem (bash compli   git-core
                     - content addressable filesystem
p   git-cvs                         - content addressable filesystem
(cvs interop   git-daemon-run                  - content addressable
filesystem (git-daemonp   git-doc                         - content
addressable filesystem (documentatp   git-email
- content addressable filesystem (email add-p   git-load-dirs
         - Import upstream archives into git
p   git-svn                         - content addressable filesystem
(svn interop   gitk                            - content addressable
filesystem (revision tp   gitweb                          - content
addressable filesystem (web interfp   jigit
- tools for working with jigdo files
p   qgit                            - Qt application for viewing GIT trees
p   stgit                           - provide quilt functionality on top of git
p   xmms-singit                     - Display and edit lyrics with XMMS
p   xserver-xorg-input-digitaledge  - X.Org X server -- DigitalEdge input driver