A GitHub Action to install MonetDB

This GitHub Action installs MonetDB. It can be used to test projects that interact with MonetDB. For example,

  run_mclient:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: MonetDB/install-monetdb@v0.6
    - run: mclient -d demo -s 'SELECT * FROM environment'

The step uses: MonetDB/install-monetdb@v0.6 takes care of

1. Installing MonetDB and putting it on the PATH
2. Creating a database 'demo'
3. Starting the server
4. Creating a '.monetdb' file with user=monetdb and password=monetdb

It works on Linux, MacOS and Windows runners.

• On Linux, it installs .deb or .rpm packages downloaded from monetdb.org.
• On Windows, it uses .msi installers from monetdb.org.
• On MacOS, it installs MonetDB from Homebrew.

NOTE Not everything works as it's supposed to yet:

1. On Windows, mclient does not work, for unclear reasons.
2. On MacOS, only the latest version can be installed because earlier versions are no longer available through Homebrew.

See CHANGELOG for the release history of this Action.

Inputs

• version: Version to install, either as a number (11.51.5) or as a name (Aug2024-SP1). Names with underscores (Aug2024_SP1) are also accepted. The default is to install the latest version.

Outputs

• prefix: Directory under which MonetDB will be installed. For example, /usr/local, /opt or C:\Program Files\MonetDB\MonetDB5.

• bindir: Directory where executables have been installed. Contains mclient or mclient.bat.

• libdir: Directory where libraries have been installed. Contains libmonetdbe.so, libmonetdbe.dylib or monetdbe.lib.

• includedir: Directory where header files have been installed. Contains monetdbe_config.h.