How to install wp-cli ( WordPress command line) on Ubunut: Download the wp-cli.phar file using sudo curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar Make wp-cli.phar excutable sudo chmod +x wp-cli.phar Move wp-cli to bin path sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp Test? wp --info Output! OS: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 24 16:19:09 UTC 2018 x86_64 Shell: /bin/bash PHP binary: /usr/bin/php7.2 PHP version: 7.2.10-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 php.ini used: /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini WP-CLI root dir: phar://wp-cli.phar/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli WP-CLI vendor dir: phar://wp-cli.phar/vendor WP_CLI phar path: / WP-CLI packages dir: WP-CLI global config: WP-CLI project config: WP-CLI version: 2.0.1