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How to install ripgrep on Linux (BurntSushi/ripgrep) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

Rust#cli#command-line#command-line-tool#gitignore

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 69,764
Activity: Updated this month
License: Unlicense
Open issues: 224
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Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

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Download for Linux

15.2.0 · 7/15/2026 ↗

ripgrep_15.2.0-1_amd64.deb

deb · x64 · 1.7 MB · 19,679 downloads · best match

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep_15.2.0-1_amd64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"ripgrep_15.2.0-1_amd64.deb"

Other Linux downloads (7)

ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 2.3 MB · 4,289,071 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar.gz · 2.2 MB · 1,191 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-s390x-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 1.9 MB · 1,281,745 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 2.0 MB · 469,800 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARMv7 · 1.8 MB · 1,174 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabi.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARMv7 · 1.8 MB · 778 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabi.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabi.tar.gz"

ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARMv7 · 1.8 MB · 7,296 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install ripgrep

pacman

sudo pacman -S ripgrep

distro package

sudo emerge sys-apps/ripgrep

dnf

sudo dnf install ripgrep

zypper

sudo zypper install ripgrep

apt

sudo apt-get install ripgrep

distro package

sudo xbps-install -Syv ripgrep

Cargo

cargo install ripgrep

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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