Fzf: Ubuntu installation through apt-get install

[rmharrison]

• Category
  
  
  
  • [ ] fzf binary
  
  
  • [ ] fzf-tmux script
  
  
  • [ ] Key bindings
  
  
  • [ ] Completion
  
  
  • [ ] Vim
  
  
  • [ ] Neovim
  
  
  • [ ] Etc.
  
  
• OS
  
  
  
  • [x] Linux
  
  
  • [ ] Mac OS X
  
  
  • [ ] Windows
  
  
  • [ ] Etc.
  
  
• Shell
  
  
  
  • [ ] bash
  
  
  • [ ] zsh
  
  
  • [ ] fish
  
  

@junegunn: Would you be open to my adding fzf to the PPA so that I can use apt-get install from Ubuntu?

[junegunn]

I have no good understanding of PPA, but it sounds like it's "personal" and thus non-official. Does making one require my permission or intervention?

[GregOriol]

It would be nice to have this indeed: using git doesn't work well for updating, you have to remember to update it manually, while apt is the usual stuff. Same goes for Linuxbew: it's a very nice tool but not so common (yet?) and you have to remember to update it separately from the usual stuff...

[Teknitix]

Has there been an update to this? Will FZF be made available in the Ubuntu / apt-get repositories?

[gliptak]

It is in the repos:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fzf&searchon=names&suite=eoan&section=all

[joegreene]

It is in the repos:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fzf&searchon=names&suite=eoan&section=all

As of right now the package listed there is a bit out of date (0.18.0), although I'm not sure how big of an issue that is.

Also, if anyone uses this package and wants key bindings: after installing the repo navigate to /usr/share/doc/fzf/README.Debian. There are instructions in there for how to set them up for your respective shell.

For convenience, here are the (current) contents of that file:

/usr/share/doc/fzf/README.Debian

====

Append this line to ~/.bashrc to enable fzf keybindings for Bash:

   source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.bash

Zsh
===

Append this line to ~/.zshrc to enable fzf keybindings for Zsh:

   source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.zsh

Fish
====

Issue the following commands to enable fzf keybindings for Fish:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/functions/
   ln -s /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/fish_user_key_bindings.fish ~/.config/fish/functions/

Vim
===

The most straightforward way is to append the following line to your vimrc:

   source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/fzf.vim

[mick-d]

@joegreene There is apparently a bug in this doc which does not include auto-completion instructions, and the official doc here should be used instead