How to install ripgrep (rg)?

What is ripgrep (rg)?

ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules and automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files. ripgrep has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads available for every release. ripgrep is similar to other popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep.

Install ripgrep (rg) on MAC OS:

## Using homebrew
brew install ripgrep

1 2	## Using homebrew brew install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on Arch Linux OS:

## Using pacman
pacman -S ripgrep

1 2	## Using pacman pacman -S ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on Windows OS:

## Using chocolety
choco install ripgrep

1 2	## Using chocolety choco install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on Gentoo OS:

## Using emerge
emerge sys-apps/ripgrep

1 2	## Using emerge emerge sys-apps/ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on Fedora OS:

## Using dnf
sudo dnf install ripgrep

1 2	## Using dnf sudo dnf install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on RHEL and CentOS OS:

## Using yum
sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo=https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/carlwgeorge/ripgrep/repo/epel-7/carlwgeorge-ripgrep-epel-7.repo
sudo yum install ripgrep

## Using yum

sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo=https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/carlwgeorge/ripgrep/repo/epel-7/carlwgeorge-ripgrep-epel-7.repo

sudo yum install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on Ubuntu and Debian OS:

## Using dpkg
curl -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/13.0.0/ripgrep_13.0.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ripgrep_13.0.0_amd64.deb

## Using apt
sudo apt-get install ripgrep

## Using dpkg

curl -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/13.0.0/ripgrep_13.0.0_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i ripgrep_13.0.0_amd64.deb

## Using apt

sudo apt-get install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on FreeBDS OS:

## Using pkg
pkg install ripgrep

1 2	## Using pkg pkg install ripgrep

Install ripgrep (rg) on OpenBDS OS:

## Using pkg_add
doas pkg_add ripgrep

1 2	## Using pkg_add doas pkg_add ripgrep

From source:

ripgrep is written in Rust, so you’ll need to grab a Rust installation in order to compile it. ripgrep compiles with Rust 1.34.0 (stable) or newer. In general, ripgrep tracks the latest stable release of the Rust compiler.

git clone https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
cd ripgrep
cargo build --release
./target/release/rg --version
0.1.3

git clone https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

cd ripgrep

cargo build --release

./target/release/rg --version

0.1.3

Confirm if the installation was successful:

## Check rg version
rg --version

1 2	## Check rg version rg --version

To get more details on ripgrep (rg) please refer https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep