This repository contains build scripts to produce an unofficial Ubuntu package (.deb) for Ghostty.
This is an unofficial community project to provide a package that's easy to install on Ubuntu. If you're looking for the Ghostty source code, see ghostty-org/ghostty.
- Download the most recent
.debpackage for your Ubuntu version from the Releases page. - Install the downloaded
.debpackage by runningsudo dpkg -i ghostty_*.deb.
I have little exprience building and maintaining Ubuntu packages, but as a software engineer who spends a lot of time in Ubuntu I have something close to the right skill set for it. I want to have an easy-to-install Ghostty package for Ubuntu, so I'm doing what I can to make it happen. (Ghostty relies on the community to produce non-macOS packages.) I'm sure the scripts I have so far can be improved, so please open an issue or PR if you notice any problems!
To teach myself how to package this, I read the Guide for Debian Maintainers and also skimmed the older Debian New Maintainers' Guide.
- Produce a .deb package on GitHub Releases
- Set up a PPA for easier updates
- Ghostty is available in official Ubuntu repos