cli/docs/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 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.

If none of our official binaries, packages, repositories, nor community sources work for you, we recommend using our Makefile to build gh from source. It's quick and easy.

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: If you are behind a firewall, the connection to keyserver.ubuntu.com might fail. In that case, try running sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-key C99B11DEB97541F0.

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 not directly maintain the following packages or repositories. They are unofficial and we are unable to provide support or guarantees for them.

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

Kiss Linux

Kiss Linux users can install from the community repos:

kiss b github-cli && kiss i github-cli