📦 apt install zellij

📦 Add the repository, then apt install zellij

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 zellij

apt install -y zellij

🔄 How to apt install the latest zellij

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

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

apt update && apt install --only-upgrade zellij

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 zellij.

📋 zellij versions available right now

Debian

Ubuntu

❓ Common questions

Does apt-get install zellij work too?

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

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

zellij is not packaged in the official Debian or Ubuntu archives, so a stock system has nothing to install and apt install zellij fails with "Unable to locate package". Adding this repository gives apt a source that carries zellij 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 zellij releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/zellij-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.

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• zellij on Debian — overview and features
• zellij on Ubuntu — overview and features
• zellij PPA alternative for Ubuntu
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