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            <h1>Install Actual Budget - Open Source Finance Management - on Linux</h1>
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          <h2>What is Actual Budget?</h2>

<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>

<h2>Installing NodeJS</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># add nodejs software repository<br />
	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo bash -<br />
	# install nodejs<br />
	sudo apt install nodejs -y<br />
	# test node &amp; npm are working<br />
	node -v &amp;&amp; npm -v</div>
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<h2>Installing Actual</h2>

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	<li>Continue with the following commands:
	<div class="codeBlock"># install git<br />
	sudo apt install git -y<br />
	# create working directory<br />
	sudo mkdir /usr/local/actualbudget -p<br />
	# set folder ownership<br />
	sudo chown -R &quot;$USER&quot;:&quot;$USER&quot; /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
	# clone actual github repo<br />
	git clone https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server.git /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
	# cd into git clone<br />
	cd /usr/local/actualbudget<br />
	# checkout the latest tagged release<br />
	git checkout &quot;$(git tag --sort=v:refname | tail -n1)&quot;<br />
	# install yarn<br />
	sudo npm install -g yarn<br />
	# install dependencies<br />
	yarn install<br />
	# create a service file<br />
	sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/actualbudget.service</div>
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	<li>Paste the following configuration
	<p>[Unit]<br />
	Description=Actual Server<br />
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	[Service]<br />
	Type=simple<br />
	ExecStart=/usr/bin/yarn start<br />
	WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/actualbudget<br />
	Environment=NODE_ENV=production<br />
	Restart=always<br />
	# Restart service after 10 seconds if node service crashes<br />
	RestartSec=10<br />
	<br />
	[Install]<br />
	WantedBy=multi-user.target</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># reload services<br />
	sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />
	# start and enable actual budget service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable actualbudget.service --now</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:5006</li>
	<li>Enter and confirm an admin password</li>
	<li>Click the link to create an account</li>
	<li>Click Start Fresh</li>
	<li>Welcome to Actual Budget</li>
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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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