Git Hub Desktop on Ubuntu
I need to install Git Hub Desktop on Ubuntu. It was quite straightforward:
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kontr0x/github-desktop-install/main/installGitHubDesktop.sh)" |
Display detailed console log →
Starting install script... Downloading GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64-3.3.8-linux2.deb ... ############################################################################################################### 100.0% Download complete! Should the package be installed? (y/n) y Installing package, this requires sudo privileges! Selecting previously unselected package github-desktop. (Reading database ... 245728 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64-3.3.8-linux2.deb ... Unpacking github-desktop (3.3.8-linux2) ... Setting up github-desktop (3.3.8-linux2) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Package installed successfully Clean up downloaded file? (y/n) y File cleaned up! Thank you for using the script, have a nice day! |
You can find it in the 9-dot menu’s second page or launch it from the command line, like:
github-desktop |
Either will launch the GitHub Desktop, as shown below:
As always, I hope this helps those looking for concise and complete free answer on installing GitHub Desktop.