Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
git and Mandriva
Problem
You want to install the git (Fast version control system) in Mandriva, but using:
urpmi git
installs the GNU Interactive Tools.
Solution
Use the following to install the version control system
urpmi git-core
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
git: fatal error: `chdir’ failed: permission denied.
Problem
Trying to use the heroku gem to clone a project and do local modifications I got the following error:
git: fatal error: `chdir’ failed: permission denied.
Solution
It turns out that in Mandriva, when using:
sudo urpmi git
what gets installed is the ‘GNU Interactive Tools’ that has nothing to do with the git version control system.
So make sure you [...]