I am trying to follow instructions to compile a program but something goes wrong with the command 'git'.

The instructions are:
The output is:
I installed NodeJS and npm with Synaptic Package Manager. Are they supposed to give me the git command?

sudo apt-get install git

nodejs and npm do not themselves require git-- the thing youre trying to download requires git, nodejs and npm. thats why installing the things you installed didnt install git along with them.

note that github usually lets you download an archive and untar it, if you prefer to do so. note for antix fans: if someone tells me the other command line for installing packages in antix, i will very gladly provide that along with the apt-get line, if its just as easy. (its supposed to be easier.)

note that github usually lets you download an archive and untar it, if you prefer to do so

+1
(git's installation adds 80Mb)

the other command line for installing packages in antix

To install a .deb file you've downloaded, can sudo dpkg -i packagename
but in that situation, instead, I often launch gdebi to inspect the file contents and check dependencies

no i mean theres a handy-dandy antix-cli package installer, and since im a pretty huge fan of handy-dandy cli software in general, you shouldnt take my use of"handy-dandy" in any particular way good or bad.

i was simply acknowledging that le user commun might like the antix-specific installer over apt-get (thats why they made one) and that if anyone tells me what command installs git in it, i will provide that alongside the command i already know. though part of me thinks the antix tool is probably interactive and wont involve a simple command-- its difficult to abstract"apt-get install packagename" in a way thats far more friendly, but there are a few times when i do want a tool that lets me use arrow keys instead of names.

cli-aptiX
This is a command line wrapper aound the basic"apt-get","apt-cache", and related commands.
It's designed to make it easy to search for and install Debian packages. In some ways it is similar to the GUI based Synaptic program.
If you been wanting something like Synaptic that works in the command line then maybe"cli-aptiX" is what you've been looking for.
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You can review the cli-aptiX usage instructions here:
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url was:"https://github.com/antiX-Linux/cli-aptiX"
linktext was:"https://github.com/antiX-Linux/cli-aptiX"
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you know even if i never used it, that seems like a pretty awesome little app i would consider having on hand in my own distro. i mean if its 900k i might leave it out, but if its a python or bash script (or even written in c) id consider adding it.

note that so far i have never added a 3rd-party application that wasnt in refracta, puppy or debian already (unless i wrote it.) not that im set against it, and its always easier if its python or bash.

you can grab the debfile here:
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url was:"http://antixlinux.com/stretch/pool/main/c/cli-aptix/"
linktext was:"http://antixlinux.com/stretch/pool/main/c/cli-aptix/"
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38kb (I didn't check the installed size)