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More detailed document for how to install libgit2 on unix/linux system

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, linux
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Locate the existing libgit2 installation documentation in the website and review its Unix/Linux instructions first. Document how to check the installed version with pkg-config, handle an incompatible package-manager version through manual compilation, set PKG_CONFIG_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and include common error screenshots; done means all four requested areas are covered.

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Description

Many developer ran into problem during libgit2 installation.

  1. The existing libgit2 installed by package manager is most likely not of version 1.3.0, one could use pkg-config --modversion libgit2 to make sure of that
  2. When existing version doesn't fit our requirement, provide a guide to uninstall existing version, and adopt the Manual Compilation approach.
  3. Prompt developer to setup PKG_CONFIG_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for Manual Compilation approach.
  4. Provide some common error message screen shot for developer to check if they are having the same kind of problem

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Merged PRs (30d)
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