Login to your account via a shell session. If shell is not enabled on your account send an email to support@vervehosting.com and request that it be enabled. You should also ask to be added to the compiler access group. Download the latest version of git: wget https://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.3.4.tar.gz Unzip the file: tar zxvf git-1.8.3.4.tar.gz cd git-1.8.3.4 ./configure --prefix=/home/$USER make make install echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc source $HOME/.bashrc