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
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
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
bash
macOS

Recommended approach

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

brew install akka/brew/akka
bash

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
bash

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
command window

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