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Install Nektos Act on Ubuntu

Learn how to install Nektos Act on Ubuntu.

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Thu May 01 2025
Nektos Act

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Install Nektos Act on Ubuntu

Before you begin, you need to have docker installed on your Ubuntu system, as Nektos Act relies on Docker to run GitHub Actions locally.
You may refer this guide to install Docker on Ubuntu.

To install Nektos Act on Ubuntu, follow these steps:

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/nektos/act/releases/download/v0.2.76/act_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvf act_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin act
 
act --version
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