How To Install GitHub

Through The Command Line

To use GitHub through the command line, you must first install git

Installing git on Windows

• Install git for Windows here

• Follow the install instructions

• Open the command prompt and type "git" and press enter

• You should get an output like this

Installing git on Linux

Git should already be installed on most Linux distributions. If it isn't installed you can install it using your distributions package manager.

Example - For Ubuntu:

$ apt install git-core

Installing git on Mac

Install git by running the following command in the terminal.

$ xcode-select --install

Using GitHub Through GitHub Desktop

A graphical interface for GitHub.

• Install GitHub desktop here
• Open the application and sign in to your GitHub account.
• You should get an output similar to this