GitSwarm 2016.3-2 Documentation

Manual installation steps (package manager)

  1. Follow the pre-installation steps first.

  2. Add Perforce's repository to your package configuration.

    See this document for instructions on adding Perforce's packaging key to your keyring, as well as adding the Perforce package repository to your package configuration.

  3. Install the GitSwarm package and necessary dependencies via the OS package manager.

    1. For Ubuntu (12.04 and 14.04):

      sudo apt-get install helix-gitswarm

    2. For CentOS/RHEL (6.6+ and 7.x):

      sudo yum install helix-gitswarm

  4. Complete the post-installation steps.

    Post-installation steps.

Manual installation steps (offline install, without package manager)

  1. Follow the pre-installation steps first.

  2. Add Perforce's repository to your package configuration.

    See this document for instructions on adding Perforce's packaging key to your keyring, as well as adding the Perforce package repository to your package configuration.

  3. Install and configure the necessary dependencies.

    1. For Ubuntu (12.04 and 14.04):

      sudo apt-get install openssh-server ca-certificates perforce-server helix-git-fusion-base

  4. Download the GitSwarm package and install everything.

    1. For Ubuntu 12.04 (precise):

      curl -O https://package.perforce.com/apt/ubuntu/pool/release/h/helix-gitswarm/helix-gitswarm_2016.3-2~precise_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i helix-gitswarm_2016.3-2~precise_amd64.deb

    2. For Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty):

      curk -O
https://package.perforce.com/apt/ubuntu/pool/release/h/helix-gitswarm/helix-gitswarm_2016.3-2~trusty_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i helix-gitswarm_2016.3-2~trusty_amd64.deb

    3. For CentOS/RHEL 6.6+:

      curl -O https://package.perforce.com/yum/rhel/6/x86_64/helix-gitswarm-2016.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum install helix-gitswarm-2016.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

    4. For CentOS/RHEL 7.x:

      curl -O https://package.perforce.com/yum/rhel/7/x86_64/helix-gitswarm-2016.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum install helix-gitswarm-2016.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm

  5. Complete the post-installation steps.

    Post-installation steps.