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detailed instructions	quick install
Linux
Debian	`apt-get install git-annex`
Ubuntu	`apt-get install git-annex`
Fedora	`yum install git-annex`
ArchLinux	`pacman -S git-annex`
AlpineLinux	`apk add git-annex`
NixOS	`nix-env -i git-annex`
Gentoo	`emerge git-annex`
Guix	`guix package -i git-annex`
Void	`xbps-install git-annex`
ScientificLinux
RHEL
openSUSE	`zypper in git-annex`
Docker
conda	`conda install -c conda-forge git-annex`
OSX
Homebrew	`brew install git-annex`
FreeBSD	`pkg install hs-git-annex`
OpenBSD	`pkg_add git-annex`
Android	beta
Windows	beta

Historical builds

Many of historical builds available from the https://downloads.kitenet.net/.git/ git-annex repository. Visit downloads.kitenet.net for more information.

Building it yourself

git-annex is Free Software, written in Haskell. Experienced users should not find it too hard to build and install it from source.

We provide quite an up-to-date standalone backport build of git-annex (package name git-annex-standalone) through NeuroDebian for all Debian/Ubuntus, so you might want to enable NeuroDebian repository (apt-get install neurodebian on a recent debian/ubuntu or follow NeuroDebian website for instructions).

Comment by yarikoptic — Wed Jul 12 17:57:21 2017

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No package for debian stretch, armh?

I cannot find a package for Debian Stretch for the armh architecture. I don't see git-annex in the official packages, and armh is not available in neurodebian. Is building from source the only option?

Comment by Alan — Fri Aug 25 11:58:38 2017

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git-annex-webapp missing from Fedora 27

My installation does not seem to include the webapp feature. I.e git-annex webapp, git annex webapp or git-annex-webapp are not abailble.

Comment by dittigas — Tue Mar 27 07:43:53 2018

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re: git-annex-webapp missing from Fedora 27

@dittigas git-annex can be built without the webapp, if the libraries it uses are not made available at build time. I suggest you get in touch with the Fedora maintainers and ask them to enable the webapp in their builds.

Comment by joey — Wed Apr 4 15:59:51 2018

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Cannot upgrade to v6

I'm running Ubuntu:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu                                                                  │                                                                                       
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS                                                      │                                                                                       
Release:        16.04                                                                   │                                                                                       
Codename:       xenial

Installed git annex with: "apt-get install git-annex".

And here is the my "git-annex version":

git-annex version: 5.20151208-1build1                                                   │                                                                                       
build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus Des│                                                                                       
ktopNotify XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA TorrentParser Database                              │                                                                                       
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256│                                                                                       
E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 S│                                                                                       
KEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL                                          │                                                                                       
remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar│                                                                                       
 hook external

When i'm trying to "git annex init --version=6" it says: "Usage: git-annex init [DESC]".
Meaning v5 git annex does not support "--version" option for "init" command.

If i'm running "git annex upgrade", it says: "upgrade . ok".
But then "git annex version" shows v5 again.

Is it possible to upgrade from v5 to v6 currently ?
Am i doing anything wrong ?

Comment by seregynp — Sat Sep 15 10:20:58 2018

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comment 8

@seregynp, you need git-annex version 7 to use that.

Comment by joey — Thu Oct 4 18:24:07 2018

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Git for Windows installation -- support for symlinks

The Git for Windows installer has a setting to turn on support for symlinks, which is not the default. It says something about symlinks requiring special permissions. What setting should be used with git-annex?

Comment by Ilya_Shlyakhter — Thu Aug 8 15:04:07 2019

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