How to Install and Uninstall gh Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gh on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "gh" package

Please follow the steps below to install gh on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gh" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gh on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gh package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gh
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.0+dfsg1-2
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.1+ds1-1), gojq (= 0.12.6-1), golang-1.18 (= 1.18-1ubuntu1), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.1.0-1), golang-github-alecaivazis-survey (= 2.3.2+ds1-1), golang-github-alecthomas-chroma (= 0.9.4-1), golang-github-aymerick-douceur (= 0.2.0-3), golang-github-briandowns-spinner (= 1.18.0+ds1-1), golang-github-charmbracelet-glamour (= 0.3.0+git20211129.6db32e7-1), golang-github-cli-browser (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-cli-oauth (= 0.9.0-1), golang-github-cli-safeexec (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-cli-shurcool-graphql (= 0.0.1-2), golang-github-davecgh-go-spew (= 1.1.1-2), golang-github-dlclark-regexp2 (= 1.4.0+ds1-1), golang-github-fatih-color (= 1.7.0-1), golang-github-gabriel-vasile-mimetype (= 1.4.0+dfsg1-2), golang-github-google-shlex (= 0.0~git20191202.e7afc7f-1), golang-github-gorilla-css (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-gorilla-websocket (= 1.5.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-multierror (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-version (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-henvic-httpretty (= 0.0.6-2), golang-github-itchyny-timefmt-go (= 0.1.3-2), golang-github-joho-godotenv (= 1.4.0-1), golang-github-kballard-go-shellquote (= 0.0~git20180428.95032a8-1), golang-github-lucasb-eyer-go-colorful (= 1.2.0-1), golang-github-makenowjust-heredoc (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.1.12-1), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.14-1), golang-github-mattn-go-runewidth (= 0.0.13-2), golang-github-mgutz-ansi (= 0.0~git20200706.d51e80e-1), golang-github-microcosm-cc-bluemonday (= 1.0.16-1), golang-github-muesli-reflow (= 0.3.0-2), golang-github-muesli-termenv (= 0.9.0-1), golang-github-muhammadmuzzammil1998-jsonc (= 0.0~git20201229.615b091-2), golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter (= 0.0.5-1), golang-github-opentracing-opentracing-go (= 1.2.0-1), golang-github-pmezard-go-difflib (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-rivo-uniseg (= 0.2.0-1), golang-github-shurcool-githubv4 (= 0.0~git20210725.83ba7b4-3), golang-github-shurcool-graphql (= 0.0~git20200928.18c5c31-5), golang-github-sourcegraph-jsonrpc2 (= 0.1.0-2), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.5-2), golang-github-yuin-goldmark (= 1.4.4-1), golang-github-yuin-goldmark-emoji (= 1.0.1-2), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20210220.036812b-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20211216.1d35b9e-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.0~git20210615.6886f2d-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.3.7-1), golang-gopkg-yaml.v3 (= 3.0.0~git20210107.496545a-1), golang-objx (= 0.3.0-1), golang-testify (= 1.7.0+git20210824.ab6dc32-1)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32928
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: gitsome
Filename: pool/universe/g/gh/gh_2.4.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 6242156
MD5sum: 487c4a76387c4a87f40facc83842d6c0
SHA1: 4b8d07631779d6473bac897ab4ce1d6e5e200c13
SHA256: 12e895fe75d9f2be39a8d57b777f6c3c69720052793d2ab748d67b2262e4f64e
SHA512: 4650cb2cb2a4eafdbcbe87240b04c72e518a8eb34614868c585f970f84153847fd1c181dd54c3f2e4a18c2996b357327a001769913851c0d805026ce2e656784
Homepage: https://cli.github.com/
Description: GitHub CLI, GitHub’s official command line tool
Description-md5: 3d12a99dda569158626806f640f0120d