{"slug": "to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu", "title": "To install Github Desktop for Ubuntu", "summary": "The article provides instructions for installing GitHub Desktop on Ubuntu, primarily using the official Shiftkey package feed with commands to add the GPG key and repository, followed by installation via `sudo apt update && sudo apt install github-desktop`. It also includes alternative methods from user comments and historical update notes dating back to 2021, featuring direct `.deb` package downloads and installation with `gdebi`.", "body_md": "See the following links for further updates to Github Desktop for Ubuntu. These are official instructions. (also mentioned by fetwar on Nov 3, 2023)\nFor the sake of \"maintaining the tradition\" here is the updated version.\n# UPDATE (2024-01-24)\n## Direct copy-paste from official instrubtions\n## Github Desktop for Ubuntu\n## Get the @shiftkey package feed\nwget -qO - https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/shiftkey-packages.gpg > /dev/null\nsudo sh -c 'echo \"deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/shiftkey-packages.gpg] https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/ubuntu/ any main\" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shiftkey-packages.list'\n## Install Github Desktop for Ubuntu\nsudo apt update && sudo apt install github-desktop\nThere are other methods mentioned in the comments. Many thanks to their contributions.\n- Meliyio commented on Dec 9, 2023\n- phanect commented on Nov 19, 2023\n- rakkarage commented on Nov 17, 2023\n# UPDATE (2022-11-07): Thanks to Sxvxgee's message, the updated code is as follows\nsudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-3.1.1-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-3.1.1-linux1.deb\n### Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before\n# sudo apt-get install gdebi-core\nsudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-3.1.1-linux1.deb\n# UPDATE (2021-10-18): Thanks to Amin Yahyaabadi's message, the updated code is as follows\n#sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.9.3-linux3/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.9.3-linux3.deb\n### Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before\n# sudo apt-get install gdebi-core\n#sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.9.3-linux3.deb\n# UPDATE (2021-03-05): Thanks to PaoloRanzi81's comment, the updated code is as follows https://gist.github.com/PaoloRanzi81\n#sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.6.3-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.deb\n### Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before\n# sudo apt-get install gdebi-core\n#sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.deb\n## Initial post\n#sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.1.0-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.1.0-linux1.deb\n#sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.1.0-linux1.deb", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/berkorbay/6feda478a00b0432d13f1fc0a50467f1", "published_at": "2020-02-05 13:08:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 21:35:25.229106+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "open-source"], "entities": ["Github Desktop", "Ubuntu", "shiftkey", "Meliyio", "phanect", "rakkarage", "Sxvxgee", "Amin Yahyaabadi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-install-github-desktop-for-ubuntu.jsonld"}}