🔎 Install Latest ripgrep on Debian

What is ripgrep?

ripgrep (the rg command) is a line-oriented search tool written in Rust by Andrew Gallant. It recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern while respecting your .gitignore rules and automatically skipping hidden files, ignored files and binary files. It is the search engine behind editors like VS Code, and it is generally faster than GNU grep, The Silver Searcher and ack.

⚡ Key Features of ripgrep

📦 Installation from deb.griffo.io

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 2>/dev/null) 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 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

# Install latest ripgrep
sudo apt install ripgrep

# Verify installation
rg --version

# Install latest ripgrep
apt install ripgrep

# Verify installation
rg --version

# Completions for bash, zsh and fish ship with the package —
# nothing to configure. Open a new shell and press Tab:
rg --ty<Tab>

# The manual page is installed too
man rg

🎯 Basic Usage Examples

Everyday searching:

# Search the current directory tree
rg 'TODO'

# Case-insensitive, whole word
rg -i -w 'timeout'

# Show 3 lines of context around each match
rg -C 3 'panic!'

# List only the files that contain a match
rg -l 'BurntSushi'

Filtering what gets searched:

# Only Rust files
rg -t rust 'unsafe'

# Everything except HTML and CSS
rg -T html -T css 'font-size'

# Include ignored and hidden files
rg -uu 'password'

# Restrict with a glob
rg -g '*.toml' 'version'

Beyond plain grep:

# Look-around and backreferences via PCRE2
rg -P '(?<=fn )\w+' src/

# Search across line boundaries
rg -U 'struct \w+ \{\n[^}]*pub'

# Preview a substitution (does not write files)
rg 'v(\d+)\.(\d+)' -r 'v$1.$2.0'

# Structured output for scripting
rg --json 'error' | jq -r 'select(.type=="match") | .data.path.text'

🚀 Why Choose deb.griffo.io?

• ✅ Latest Features: newest ripgrep flags, engine improvements and performance work
• ✅ No Manual Setup: pre-built binaries, no cargo build needed
• ✅ Automatic Updates: packages updated within hours of upstream releases
• ✅ Complete Package: rg, the rg.1 man page and bash/zsh/fish completions
• ✅ No Dependencies: statically linked musl build with PCRE2 compiled in
• ✅ Multi-Distribution: works on Bookworm, Trixie, Forky and Sid
• ✅ Easy Maintenance: standard apt commands for updates

📦 Package Build Repository

The Debian packages are automatically built and maintained in this GitHub repository:

• 🔎 ripgrep-debian - Latest release builds

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from deb.griffo.io:

• fzf - Fuzzy finder that pairs with ripgrep for interactive search
• eza - Modern ls replacement
• zoxide - Smart cd command
• Yazi - Uses ripgrep for file searching