It's simple to install ripgrep on pretty much any Linux because I distribute sta...

It's simple to install ripgrep on pretty much any Linux because I distribute statically compiled binaries:

    $ curl -LO 'https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/0.5.2/ripgrep-0.5.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz'
    $ tar xf ripgrep-0.5.2-*.tar.gz
    $ cp ripgrep-0.5.2-*/rg $HOME/bin/rg

If you're not a fan of this approach (downloading random binaries and slapping them into your $HOME/bin), then your other choice is to build from source. I don't use Ubuntu, but install Rust[1] and then building ripgrep is easy:

    $ git clone git://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
    $ cd ripgrep
    $ cargo build --release
    $ ./target/release/rg -V
    ripgrep 0.5.2

And yes, it would be great to get ripgrep packaged into Ubuntu.[2] There seems to be an up-to-date PPA here.[3]

[1] - https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/install.html

[2] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/10

[3] - https://launchpad.net/~x4121/+archive/ubuntu/ripgrep