note : gh needs to be installed via apt and not snap. if you install via snap it wont work

# Remove old version
sudo apt remove gh

# Add GitHub CLI key and source
curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg && \
  sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) \
signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null

# Update package list and install latest `gh`
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh
  • to uninstall if you installed via snap,
 sudo apt remove gh
  295  sudo snap remove gh 
  296  sudo apt install gh
  297  gh auth login
  298  sudo apt purge gh
  299  sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt update
  302  sudo apt install gh
  303  gh auth status
  304  which gh
  305  gh --version
  306  hash -r
  307  gh --version
  308  which gh          # should show /usr/bin/gh
  309  gh --version      # should show 2.74.1
  310  gh auth status    # should now work
  311  gh auth login

  • gh auth login --hostname github.com

  • logout of vscode github , and use gh auth login

  • now you can use gh auth switch to change the auths