1. Clone the repo and copy src somewhere (or leave it where it is, if you're sure no one will 'git pull' on a running system!) cp -a src /some/full/path 2. (Optional) Make a symlink for the single executable 'gitolite' to somewhere in `$PATH` ln -sf /full/path/to/some/damn/place/gitolite $HOME/bin 3. Run setup. That is, either run: gitolite setup -a YourName -pk /tmp/YourName.pub or, if you did not do step 2, run: /some/full/path/src/gitolite -a YourName -pk /tmp/YourName.pub