On Linux, an up-to-date binary distribution of git-annex can now be installed with the conda package manager from the conda-forge channel.

After installing conda, run:

conda install -c conda-forge git-annex

Note that this installation method does not need root permissions.

If there are package conflicts between git-annex's dependencies and packages already installed in the environment, conda may fall back on installing the standalone git-annex distribution. This distribution may work slower or have other issues. To require installation of the standard package, use

conda install -c conda-forge git-annex=*=alldep*

This, however, could result in installing an older git-annex version to avoid package conflicts.