update Git on old Ubuntu version, like ubuntu 9.10

update Git on old Ubuntu version, like ubuntu 9.10

1. The first thing to do is to install all dependencies.

Install required packages:

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1.sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev libssl-dev gettext libz-dev asciidoc

2. Download git 1.8 and install as follows:

wget git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.1.1.tar.gz
tar -zxf git-1.8.1.1.tar.gz
cd git-1.8.1.1
make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

That's it.