# Installing gh on Linux and FreeBSD
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`, `armhf`.
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)
:warning: This will only work for the [architectures we officially support](/.goreleaser.yml#L27).
The below should work for any debian-based distribution. You can change `stable` to a specific codename [we support](/.github/workflows/releases.yml#L83) if that is your preference.
Install:
```bash
curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh
```
**Note**: If you get _"gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory"_ error, try installing the `dirmngr` package. Run `sudo apt-get install dirmngr` and repeat the steps above.
Upgrade:
```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh
```
### Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (dnf)
Install:
```bash
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
sudo dnf install gh
```
Upgrade:
```bash
sudo dnf update gh
```
### openSUSE/SUSE Linux (zypper)
Install:
```bash
sudo zypper addrepo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper install gh
```
Upgrade:
```bash
sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper update gh
```
## Manual installation
* [Download release binaries][releases page] that match your platform; or
* [Build from source](./source.md).
### 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`
## Unofficial, Community-supported methods
The core GitHub CLI team does not maintain the following packages or repositories. They are unofficial and we are unable to provide support or guarantees for them. They are linked here as a convenience and their presence does not imply continued oversight from the CLI core team. Users who choose to use them do so at their own risk.
### Arch Linux
Arch Linux users can install from the [community repo][arch linux repo]:
```bash
sudo pacman -S github-cli
```
Alternatively, use the [unofficial AUR package][arch linux aur] to build GitHub CLI from source.
### Android
Android 7+ users can install via [Termux](https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page):
```bash
pkg install gh
```
### Homebrew (Linuxbrew)
Linuxbrew users can install it as a [brew package](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gh#default):
```bash
brew install gh
```
### FreeBSD
FreeBSD users can install from the [ports collection](https://www.freshports.org/devel/gh/):
```bash
cd /usr/ports/devel/gh/ && make install clean
```
Or via [pkg(8)](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pkg(8)):
```bash
pkg install gh
```
### Funtoo
Funtoo Linux has an autogenerated github-cli package, located in [dev-kit](https://github.com/funtoo/dev-kit/tree/1.4-release/dev-util/github-cli), which can be installed in the following way:
``` bash
emerge -av github-cli
```
Upgrading can be done by syncing the repos and then requesting an upgrade:
``` bash
ego sync
emerge -u github-cli
```
### Gentoo
Gentoo Linux users can install from the [main portage tree](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-util/github-cli):
``` bash
emerge -av github-cli
```
Upgrading can be done by updating the portage tree and then requesting an upgrade:
``` bash
emerge --sync
emerge -u github-cli
```
### Kiss Linux
Kiss Linux users can install from the [community repos](https://github.com/kisslinux/community):
```bash
kiss b github-cli && kiss i github-cli
```
### Nix/NixOS
Nix/NixOS users can install from [nixpkgs](https://search.nixos.org/packages?show=gitAndTools.gh&query=gh&from=0&size=30&sort=relevance&channel=20.03#disabled):
```bash
nix-env -iA nixos.gitAndTools.gh
```
### openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed users can install from the [offical distribution repo](https://software.opensuse.org/package/gh):
```bash
sudo zypper in gh
```
### Snaps
Many Linux distro users can install using Snapd from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/gh) or the associated [repo](https://github.com/casperdcl/cli/tree/snap)
```bash
sudo snap install --edge gh && snap connect gh:ssh-keys
```
> Snaps are auto-updated every 6 hours. `Snapd` is required and is available on a wide range of Linux distros.
> Find out which distros have Snapd pre-installed and how to install it in the [Snapcraft Installation Docs](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd)
>
> **Note:** `snap connect gh:ssh-keys` is needed for all authentication and SSH needs.
[releases page]: https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/latest
[arch linux repo]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/github-cli
[arch linux aur]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-cli-git