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=3.0.7 --verbose curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 3.0.7 -V
- macOS
-
Recommended approach
The recommended approach to install
akka
on macOS, is using brewbrew install akka/brew/akka
If the
akka
CLI is already installed, and you want to upgradeakka
to the latest version, you can runbrew update brew upgrade akka
Alternative approach
curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash
You can pass options to the installer script with
-s --
e.g.:curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix=$HOME --version=3.0.7 --verbose curl -sL https://doc.akka.io/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- -P $HOME -v 3.0.7 -V
- Windows
-
-
Download the latest version of
akka
from https://downloads.akka.io/latest/akka_windows_amd64.zip -
Optionally, you can verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the SHA256 checksums.
-
Extract the zip file and move
akka.exe
to a location on your%PATH%
.
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Verify that the Akka CLI has been installed successfully by running the following to list all available commands:
akka help