Install the Akka CLI

The Akka CLI, akka enables you to interact with Akka projects. To install it, follow these steps:

Linux

Download and install the latest version of akka:

curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash

If that fails due to permission issues, use:

curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix /tmp && \
    sudo mv /tmp/akka /usr/local/bin/akka

You can pass options to the installer script with -s -- e.g.:

curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix=$HOME --version=2.0.22 --verbose
curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 2.0.22 -V
macOS

Recommended approach

The recommended approach to install akka on macOS, is using brew

brew install akka/brew/akka

If the akka CLI is already installed, and you want to upgrade akka to the latest version, you can run

brew update
brew upgrade akka

Alternative approach

curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash

You can pass options to the installer script with -s -- e.g.:

curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix=$HOME --version=2.0.22 --verbose
curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 2.0.22 -V
Windows

  1. Download the latest version of akka from https://downloads.akka.io/latest/akka_windows_amd64.zip

  2. Optionally, you can verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the SHA256 checksums.

  3. Extract the zip file and move akka.exe to a location on your %PATH%.

Verify that the Akka CLI has been installed successfully by running the following to list all available commands:

akka help

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