Akka.Net has an official NuGet package.

To install Akka.NET, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

   PM> Install-Package Akka -Pre

You can also build it locally from the source code.

Building Akka.NET with Fake

The build as been ported to Fake to make it even easier to compile.

Clone the source code from GitHub (currently only on the dev branch):

git clone https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net.git -b dev

Running build task

There is no need to install anything specific before running the build.

Once in the directory, run the build.cmd with the target All:

build all

The all targets runs the following targets in order:

• Build
• Test
• Nuget

Version management

The build uses the last version number specified in the RELEASE_NOTES.md file.

The release notes are also used in nuget packages.

Running tests

To run unit tests from the command line, run the following command:

build test

Running MultiNodeTests

To run the multiple node specifications from the command line, run the following command:

build multinodetests

To run the multinode specifications for a subset of akka, you can supply a filter:

build multinodetests spec-assembly=<filter>

For example to run only the specifications for Akka.Remote the command would be:

build multinodetests spec-assembly=remote

Creating Nuget distributions

To create nuget packages locally, run the following command:

build nuget

To create and publish packages to nuget.org, specify the nuget key:

build nuget nugetkey=<key>

or to run also unit tests before publishing:

build all nugetkey=<key>

Detailed Help from command line

The command line supplies some detailed help on the usage of build.

build help
build helpnuget
build helpdocs
build helpmultinodetests