If your Linux distribution does not have git-annex packaged up for you, you can either build it fromscratch, or you can use a handy prebuilt tarball of the most recent release.

This tarball should work on most Linux systems. It has basically no dependencies and is self-contained.

To use, just unpack the tarball, cd git-annex.linux and run ./runshell -- this sets up an environment where you can use git annex, as well as everything else included in the bundle.

Alternatively, you can unpack the tarball, and add the directory to your PATH, or symlink the programs in the directory to a directory in your PATH. This lets you use git annex, without overriding your system's own versions of git, etc.

The armel version can be installed on NAS devices and other embedded ARM linux systems.

autobuilds

A daily build is also available, thanks to Mesar Hameed and the University of Bath CS department.

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