To install Github Desktop for Ubuntu

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`.

See the following links for further updates to Github Desktop for Ubuntu. These are official instructions. also mentioned by fetwar on Nov 3, 2023 For the sake of "maintaining the tradition" here is the updated version. UPDATE 2024-01-24 Direct copy-paste from official instrubtions Github Desktop for Ubuntu Get the @shiftkey package feed wget -qO - https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/shiftkey-packages.gpg /dev/null sudo 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' Install Github Desktop for Ubuntu sudo apt update && sudo apt install github-desktop There are other methods mentioned in the comments. Many thanks to their contributions. - Meliyio commented on Dec 9, 2023 - phanect commented on Nov 19, 2023 - rakkarage commented on Nov 17, 2023 UPDATE 2022-11-07 : Thanks to Sxvxgee's message, the updated code is as follows sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-3.1.1-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-3.1.1-linux1.deb Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before sudo apt-get install gdebi-core sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-3.1.1-linux1.deb UPDATE 2021-10-18 : Thanks to Amin Yahyaabadi's message, the updated code is as follows sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.9.3-linux3/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.9.3-linux3.deb Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before sudo apt-get install gdebi-core sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.9.3-linux3.deb UPDATE 2021-03-05 : Thanks to PaoloRanzi81's comment, the updated code is as follows https://gist.github.com/PaoloRanzi81 sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.6.3-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.deb Uncomment below line if you have not installed gdebi-core before sudo apt-get install gdebi-core sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.deb Initial post sudo wget https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-2.1.0-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-2.1.0-linux1.deb sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-2.1.0-linux1.deb