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Install Geth (Go Ethereum) and tools

v1.2.2 Latest version

Install Geth (Go Ethereum) and tools

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Install Geth (Go Ethereum) and tools

Installs Geth (Go Ethereum) and tools (abigen, bootnode, clef, evm, rlpdump) into your actions workflow

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Install Geth (Go Ethereum) and tools

uses: gacts/install-geth-tools@v1.2.2

Learn more about this action in gacts/install-geth-tools

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Install Geth Action

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This action installs Geth and its tools (abigen, bootnode, clef, evm, rlpdump) into your workflow. It can be run on Linux (ubuntu-latest), macOS (macos-latest), or Windows (windows-latest).

Additionally, this action uses the GitHub caching mechanism to speed up your workflow execution time!

Usage

jobs:
  install-geth-tools:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest # or macos-latest, windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: gacts/install-geth-tools@v1
        #with:
        #  version: 1.10.19 # `latest` by default, but you can set a specific version to install, e.g.: `1.10.19`

      - run: geth version
      - run: abigen --version
      - run: bootnode -h
      - run: clef --version
      - run: evm --version
      - run: rlpdump -h

Customizing

Inputs

The following inputs can be used as step.with keys:

Name Type Default Required Description
version string latest no Version to install
github-token string ${{ github.token }} no GitHub token (for requesting the latest version info & release hash)

Releasing

To release a new version:

  • Build the action distribution (make build or npm run build).
  • Commit and push changes (including dist directory changes - this is important) to the master|main branch.
  • Publish the new release using the repo releases page (the git tag should follow the vX.Y.Z format).

Major and minor git tags (v1 and v1.2 if you publish a v1.2.Z release) will be updated automatically.

Tip

Use Dependabot to keep this action updated in your repository.

Support

Issues Pull Requests

If you find any errors in the action, please create an issue in this repository.

License

This is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.