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- Move all Linux installation docs to the separate page to eliminate repetition - Indicate that only Ubuntu 20.04 is supported for apt-add-repository method - Pull openSUSE/SUSE out of the "unofficial" section since it refers to downloading our official packages - Point out manual installation methods as well
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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: 386, amd64, arm64.
Other sources for installation are community-maintained and thus might lag behind our release schedule.
Official sources
Debian, Ubuntu 20.04 Linux (apt)
Install:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key C99B11DEB97541F0
sudo apt-add-repository -u https://cli.github.com/packages
sudo apt install gh
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 install gh
openSUSE/SUSE Linux (zypper)
It's possible that https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo will work with zypper, but this hasn't been tested.
Manual installation
- Download release binaries that match your platform; or
- Build from source.
openSUSE/SUSE Linux (zypper)
Install and upgrade:
- Download the
.rpmfile from the releases page; - 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:
pacman -S github-cli
Android
Android users can install via Termux:
pkg install gh