install_linux.md

Installing gh on Linux

Packages downloaded from https://cli.github.com or from https://github.com/cli/cli/releases are considered official binaries. We focus on a couple of popular Linux distros and the following CPU architectures: i386, amd64, arm64.

Other sources for installation are community-maintained and thus might lag behind our release schedule.

Official sources

Debian, Ubuntu Linux (apt)

Install:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key C99B11DEB97541F0
sudo apt-add-repository https://cli.github.com/packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh

Note: most systems will have apt-add-repository already. If you get a command not found error, try running sudo apt install software-properties-common and trying these steps again.

Upgrade:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh

Fedora, Centos, Red Hat Linux (dnf)

Install:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
sudo dnf install gh

Upgrade:

sudo dnf update gh

openSUSE/SUSE Linux (zypper)

Install:

sudo zypper addrepo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper install gh

Upgrade:

sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper update gh

Manual installation

• Download release binaries that match your platform; or
• Build from source.

openSUSE/SUSE Linux (zypper)

Install and upgrade:

1. Download the .rpm file from the releases page;
2. Install the downloaded file: sudo zypper in gh_*_linux_amd64.rpm

Community-supported methods

Our team does do not directly maintain the following packages or repositories.

Arch Linux

Arch Linux users can install from the community repo:

sudo pacman -S github-cli

Android

Android users can install via Termux:

pkg install gh