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🔍 apt install fzf

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⚡ The short answer. On a stock system apt install fzf works, but installs a frozen version (Debian ships 0.60.3, Ubuntu ships 0.67.0) rather than the current 0.74.3. Add the deb.griffo.io repository below and sudo apt install fzf gives you the current release on Debian and Ubuntu alike — currently fzf 0.74.3 (updated 2026-08-17).

📦 Add the repository, then apt install fzf

Step 1: Add repository & key

Run the commands
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

Step 2: apt install fzf

sudo apt install -y fzf
apt install -y fzf

🔄 How to apt install the latest fzf

Once the repository is added there is no separate "install latest" command — apt already resolves to the newest version this repository serves, and that is rebuilt within hours of every upstream fzf release. To move an existing install up to the latest version:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade fzf
apt update && apt install --only-upgrade fzf

Or upgrade everything on the machine at once with sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. To see which version you would get before installing, run apt policy fzf.

📋 fzf versions available right now

Debian

Debian releaseSuitefzf version
Debian 12 “Bookworm”bookworm0.74.3-1~bookworm
Debian 13 “Trixie”trixie0.74.3-1~trixie
Debian 14 “Forky”forky0.74.3-1~forky
Debian Sidsid0.74.3-1~sid

Ubuntu

Ubuntu releaseSuitefzf version
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”jammy0.74.3-1~jammy
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”noble0.74.3-1~noble
Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”questing0.74.3-1~questing
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute”resolute0.74.3-1~resolute

❓ Common questions

Does apt-get install fzf work too?

Yes. apt and apt-get read the same sources, so sudo apt-get install fzf is equivalent. apt is the friendlier front-end; apt-get is the stable one to prefer inside scripts.

Why doesn't apt install fzf work out of the box?

It does work, but not with the version most people want: Debian ships 0.60.3, Ubuntu ships 0.67.0, because Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships and afterwards take mostly security fixes. This repository tracks upstream fzf releases instead, rebuilding within hours of each one.

Which Debian and Ubuntu releases are supported?

Every currently supported release listed in the table above. The $(lsb_release -sc) in the setup command picks the right suite for the machine you run it on, so the same three lines work everywhere.

Is this repository trustworthy?

It's an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo. Packages are built automatically from official upstream fzf releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/fzf-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.

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