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Install GitHub CLI

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Manual Install

Get Version

SHELL
VERSION="curl  "https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | cut -c2-"

Download latest version

With wget

SHELL
$ wget https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${VERSION}/gh_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz

With curl

SHELL
$ curl -sSL https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${VERSION}/gh_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -o gh_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Extract downloaded file

SHELL
$ tar xvf gh_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Copy to /usr/local/bin

SHELL
$ sudo cp gh_${VERSION}_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin/