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+ <h1>Install Actual Budget - Open Source Finance Management - on Linux</h1>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <h2>What is Actual Budget?</h2>
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+<blockquote><em>Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. It is 100% free and open-source, written in NodeJS, it has a synchronization element so that all your changes can move between devices without any heavy lifting. -<a href="https://github.com/actualbudget/actual" target="_blank">https://github.com/actualbudget/actual</a></em></blockquote>
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+<h2>Installing NodeJS</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Log into the Linux device</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># add nodejs software repository<br />
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+ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo bash -<br />
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+ # install nodejs<br />
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+ sudo apt install nodejs -y<br />
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+ # test node & npm are working<br />
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+ node -v && npm -v</div>
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+ </li>
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+</ol>
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+<h2>Installing Actual</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Continue with the following commands:
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># install git<br />
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+ sudo apt install git -y<br />
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+ # create working directory<br />
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+ sudo mkdir /usr/local/actualbudget -p<br />
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+ # set folder ownership<br />
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+ sudo chown -R "$USER":"$USER" /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
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+ # clone actual github repo<br />
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+ git clone https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server.git /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
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+ # cd into git clone<br />
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+ cd /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
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+ # checkout the latest tagged release<br />
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+ git checkout "$(git tag --sort=v:refname | tail -n1)"<br />
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+ # install yarn<br />
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+ sudo npm install -g yarn<br />
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+ # install dependencies<br />
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+ yarn install<br />
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+ # create a service file<br />
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+ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/actualbudget.service</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Paste the following configuration
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+ <p>[Unit]<br />
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+ Description=Actual Server<br />
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+ <br />
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+ [Service]<br />
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+ Type=simple<br />
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+ ExecStart=/usr/bin/yarn start<br />
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+ WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/actualbudget<br />
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+ Environment=NODE_ENV=production<br />
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+ Restart=always<br />
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+ # Restart service after 10 seconds if node service crashes<br />
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+ RestartSec=10<br />
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+ <br />
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+ [Install]<br />
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+ WantedBy=multi-user.target</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
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+ <li>Continue with the following commands
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+ <div class="codeBlock"># reload services<br />
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+ sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />
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+ # start and enable actual budget service<br />
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+ sudo systemctl enable actualbudget.service --now</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:5006</li>
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+ <li>Enter and confirm an admin password</li>
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+ <li>Click the link to create an account</li>
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+ <li>Click Start Fresh</li>
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+ <li>Welcome to Actual Budget</li>
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+</ol>
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+<p>Source: <a href="https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/local/" target="_blank">https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/local/</a></p> </div>
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