How do you install a .git file on ubuntu?

[tJuggernaut29]

Hi, noob question here

I am trying to install bht on ubuntu

When i do apt-get it says it "cant find the package"

 

So I used wget to download the .git file

I also installed "git" 

 

Question:

How do I install the .git file? Cant figure out how to install it, and when i ask google it just tells me to install "git" but not how to run the file

 

 

I also did the "git clone "url" " and that ran, but i still cant install it

 

Please help,

Thanks

[Dion615]

sudo apt-get install git

git clone https://github.com/ezonakiusagi/bht.git

 

[tJuggernaut29]

2 minutes ago, Dion615 said:

```

sudo apt-get install git

git clone https://github.com/ezonakiusagi/bht.git

```

I also did the "git clone "url" " and that ran, but i still cant install it

 

[Minecraftchest1]

Git is a version control system primarly used by software developers for software development (amoung other uses). `.git` detonates a git repository, and marks a folder not a file. To download the repository, you run `git clone <repo url>`. It will download the contents into a new directory.

 

Edit: I took a look at the project. To run the script, change into the directory `cd <dirname>` and run the script with `./bht <your commandline args>`.

 

[Thomas4]

there are a couple more steps necessary to install a .git file

Cloning only downloads the file to your computer

An excellent guide with not only instructions by the why's and wherefores can be found here:

https://www.howtogeek.com › 428988 › how-to-install-software-using-git-on-linux

 

 

[xAcid9]

It just a script file, you can download the file, make it executable with chmod and run it. 

 

You need these preinstalled in your system for the script to work. 

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Always read the readme. https://github.com/ezonakiusagi/bht/blob/master/README.md

[tJuggernaut29]

hey guys,

Thanks for the help

I had some guys walking me through it in a discord

 

TLDR:

.git file emans nothing

dont need to install git either

git clone downloads the files

The file downloaded is a FOLDER (cd into it dummy)

chmod the file to be executable (if it isnt already)

run it with ./bht 

 

TLDR commands (for future me  )

git clone https://github.com/ezonakiusagi/bht.git

cd to the download 

chmod +x bht

 

[install dependencies]

sudo apt-get install smartmontools lsscsi mailutils ksh

sudo apt-get install lvm2
also install pvs (https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/manual/0039/) 

 

lsblk

sudo ./bht /dev/sd[a-d]
sudo ./bht --status
 

Thanks