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Add extrepo as an unofficial installation method #14256
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Proposed solution
- Add installation via PPA. This sounds like,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gh/cli
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --assume-yes ghHow will it benefit CLI and its users?
- I find the installation commands for https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/v2.93.0/docs/install_linux.md#debian to be too verbose. This causes problems where copying and pasting text is not possible.
(type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt install wget -y)) \
&& sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
&& out=$(mktemp) && wget -nv -O$out https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
&& cat $out | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
&& sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
&& sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/sources.list.d \
&& echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/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 -yAdditional context
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Reacted by Ellie Pratt and Shion Ichikawa
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cli-triage commentedon Aug 25, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion! This looks like a clear enhancement request proposing PPA-based installation to simplify the current Debian/Ubuntu install instructions, so I'm suggesting the
enhancementlabel. I didn't find any existing duplicate issues for PPA-based installation in this repo.compilersEllie commentedon Aug 27, 2026
Also the current Ubuntu/Debian release appears to be very out dated
linghengqian commentedon Aug 27, 2026
extrepo. This relates to https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo . Some Debian sites block IP access from specific regions.sudo apt install -y extrepo sudo extrepo enable gh sudo apt update sudo apt install -y ghwilliammartin commentedon Aug 27, 2026
Yes, we don't own the official debian/ubuntu releases, though we've talked about trying to do so.
I really dislike our current self-hosted repository situation but I'm not that excited about splitting our release pipeline just for streamlined ubuntu installation. If this is mostly about copy+paste, we could host the commands in a script for you to pipe to
bash. Some people have opinions about that, but it could reasonably be an option for those who want the shorter option.github-actions commentedon Aug 27, 2026
Thank you for your issue! We have categorized it as an enhancement (feature or improvement) request, and it has been added to our backlog. In doing so, we are not committing to implementing this feature at this time, but, we will consider it for future releases based on community feedback and our own product roadmap.
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linghengqian commentedon Aug 27, 2026
Since we agree that both Ubuntu and Debian must be considered, why not register the
https://cli.github.com/packagessource—referenced in that extremely long command—with https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo ? I don't seem to have found any discussion issues related toextrepo.BagToad commentedon Aug 27, 2026
@cypher1 That is not maintained by us and should be considered dangerous to use. I highly recommend you uninstall it and install the latest version from our official sources.
I also recommend you revoke/refresh any authentication tokens you may have used with that unofficial / unmaintained build.
williammartin commentedon Aug 28, 2026
@linghengqian I'm not familiar with
extrepo, though I see that someone has registered the CLI there: https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo-data/-/blob/master/repos/debian/github-cli.yaml?ref_type=headsI could imagine including instructions for this somewhere, though I'd need to do further investigation. Thanks for the suggestion.
linghengqian commentedon Oct 23, 2026
So?
williammartin commentedon Oct 23, 2026
@linghengqian is #14796 sufficient?
linghengqian commentedon Oct 23, 2026
I think #14796 could definitely be marked as
Fixes #14256. This is the simplest installation method, andextrepois even documented in the Debian wiki.👍[-]Add installation via PPA[/-][+]Add `extrepo` as an unofficial installation method[/+]