apt install uvx works here, and installs the uv package: uvx ships inside it rather than as a package of its own. Add the deb.griffo.io
repository below and sudo apt install uvx gives you the current
release on Debian and Ubuntu alike, currently uvx 0.12.5
(updated 2026-08-23).
📦 Add the repository, then apt install uvx
Step 1: Add repository & key
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 updateinstall -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 updatesudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable griffo
sudo apt update🆓 There is an always-free mirror. deb-free.griffo.io serves packages free forever, no account, no subscription, at most 2 months behind upstream, security fixes immediately. It currently carries cliamp, Ghostty, lazydocker, Oh My Posh and Zed; uv is not one of them, so the repository above is the only way to get it today, ask and it can be enrolled.
🧩 About the extrepo option. extrepo is Debian's own tool for external repositories: it writes the sources file and installs the signing key for you, checking the key against signed metadata first. This repository is registered with it as griffo, and the always-free mirror as griffo-free, so on Debian (bookworm, trixie, forky and sid) the commands above are the whole setup.
extrepo sets up the sources file and the key only, so a subscription's credentials still go in /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/deb.griffo.io.conf. Ubuntu is not covered, because extrepo publishes metadata for Debian suites only: there, use the sudo or root commands.
Step 2: apt install uvx
sudo apt install -y uvxapt install -y uvx🔄 How to apt install the latest uvx
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 uvx release. To move an existing install up to the latest version:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade uvxapt update && apt install --only-upgrade uvxOr 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 uvx.
📋 uvx versions available right now
Debian
| Debian release | Suite | uv version |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 “Bookworm” | bookworm | 0.12.5-1~bookworm |
| Debian 13 “Trixie” | trixie | 0.12.5-1~trixie |
| Debian 14 “Forky” | forky | 0.12.5-1~forky |
| Debian Sid | sid | 0.12.5-1~sid |
Ubuntu
| Ubuntu release | Suite | uv version |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish” | jammy | 0.12.5-1~jammy |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” | noble | 0.12.5-1~noble |
| Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” | questing | 0.12.5-1~questing |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute” | resolute | 0.12.5-1~resolute |
❓ Common questions
Does apt-get install uvx work too?
Yes. apt and apt-get read the same sources, so
sudo apt-get install uvx is equivalent. apt is the friendlier
front-end; apt-get is the stable one to prefer inside scripts.
Why doesn't apt install uvx work out of the box?
uvx is not in the official Debian or Ubuntu archives, and it is not a separate package in this repository either. The uv package installs both /usr/bin/uv and /usr/bin/uvx, and declares Provides: uvx so that apt install uvx resolves to it. That is not a packaging shortcut: uvx is a small launcher that runs the uv binary sitting next to it, so the two cannot be installed apart.
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 uvx releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/uv-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.