Have you installed libcurl4-(gnutls|openssl)-dev? You'll need to choose between gnutls and openssl for the underlying ssl implementation. -- Cheers, Ray Chuan On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Nickolai Leschov <nleschov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have compiled git 1.7.9 from source on Ubuntu 9.04 and I get the following > message when cloning a git repo: > > fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https' > > I get this message when I try to use https; or similar one for http. Only > cloning via git:// protocol works. My system is Ubuntu 9.04 i386. git 1.7.9 and > two previous versions I tried all exhibit this problem. I have uninstalled the > git that comes in Ubuntu repositories and build from source instead because I > need a newer version. > > How can I make git work on that system? > > I have another system with Ubuntu 11.04 i386 and it there git 1.7.4.1 (from > repositories) doesn't exhibit such problem. > > Best regards, > > Nickolai Leschov > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html