act on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "act" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install act on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall act on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "act" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone act's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/act.git 
            
                        
                ~/act
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/act folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/act
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the act package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1421367
Name: act
PackageBaseID: 144829
PackageBase: act
Version: 0.2.60-1
Description: Run your GitHub Actions locally
URL: https://github.com/nektos/act
NumVotes: 28
Popularity: 0.807035
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: flipee
Submitter: SirWindfield
FirstSubmitted: 1567599290
LastModified: 1709667453
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/act.tar.gz