Install

Acton is available for Linux and Mac OS X.

Debian / Ubuntu

Supported versions

• Debian 11 / x86_64
• Ubuntu 20.04 / x86_64

Install via apt repository:

wget -q -O - https://apt.acton-lang.io/acton.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://apt.acton-lang.io/ bullseye main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/acton.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -qy acton

Mac OS X

Supported versions

• MacOS 10.5 / x86_64
• MacOS 11 / x86_64
• MacOS 12 / aarch64 (M1)
  • no pre-built binary package ("bottle" in Homebrew lingo) available so it will build from source

Install via Homebrew

brew install actonlang/acton/acton

Binary release tar ball

There are pre-built binary release tar balls available for download for Linux and Mac OS X in case the above package formats are not suitable. See the guide, installing Acton from a release tar ball.

Building from source

See building from source.