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Installing Ripgrep

ripgrep is distributed as a single static binary with no runtime dependencies. Installation is fast on all major platforms.

Ubuntu / Debian​

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ripgrep

Verify:

rg --version
# ripgrep 14.x.x

macOS (Homebrew)​

brew install ripgrep

Alpine Linux / Docker​

On Alpine the package is named ripgrep:

apk add ripgrep

One-liner for Dockerfiles:

RUN apk add --no-cache ripgrep

Via Cargo (All Platforms)​

If you have the Rust toolchain installed, this always gives you the latest version with full PCRE2 support compiled in:

cargo install ripgrep

PCRE2 requires the pcre2 system library. To compile with PCRE2:

cargo install ripgrep --features pcre2

Pre-built Binaries​

GitHub Releases provide pre-compiled binaries for Linux (musl), macOS, and Windows:

# Example: install to /usr/local/bin without apt/cargo
VERSION="14.1.1"
curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/${VERSION}/ripgrep-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf ripgrep-*.tar.gz
sudo mv ripgrep-*/rg /usr/local/bin/
rg --version

Confirming Full Feature Support​

Some distributions ship rg without PCRE2 support (which enables lookaheads via -P). Check with:

rg --pcre2-version
# PCRE2 10.43 is available
# (or "PCRE2 is not available" if compiled without it)