📦 apt install k9s

📦 Add the repository, then apt install k9s

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

sudo apt install -y k9s

apt install -y k9s

🔄 How to apt install the latest k9s

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 k9s release. To move an existing install up to the latest version:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade k9s

apt update && apt install --only-upgrade k9s

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 k9s.

📋 k9s versions available right now

Debian

Ubuntu

❓ Common questions

Does apt-get install k9s work too?

Yes. apt and apt-get read the same sources, so sudo apt-get install k9s is equivalent. apt is the friendlier front-end; apt-get is the stable one to prefer inside scripts.

Why doesn't apt install k9s work out of the box?

k9s is not packaged in the official Debian or Ubuntu archives, so a stock system has nothing to install and apt install k9s fails with "Unable to locate package". Adding this repository gives apt a source that carries k9s and keeps it current.

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 k9s releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/k9s-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.

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