# Install dependencies with Bun in GitHub Actions (/docs/guides/install/cicd)

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Related: [Add a dependency](/docs/guides/install/add.md), [Add a development dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-dev.md), [Add an optional dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-optional.md), [Add a peer dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-peer.md), [Add a Git dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-git.md), [Add a tarball dependency](/docs/guides/install/add-tarball.md)

Use the official [`setup-bun`](https://github.com/oven-sh/setup-bun) GitHub Action to install `bun` in your GitHub Actions runner.

```yaml workflow.yml icon="file-code"
title: my-workflow
jobs:
  my-job:
    title: my-job
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # ...
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2 // [!code ++]

      # run any `bun` or `bunx` command
      - run: bun install // [!code ++]
```

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To specify a version of Bun to install:

```yaml workflow.yml icon="file-code"
title: my-workflow
jobs:
  my-job:
    title: my-job
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # ...
      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
         with: # [!code ++]
          bun-version: "latest" # or "canary" # [!code ++]
```

***

See the [`setup-bun` README](https://github.com/oven-sh/setup-bun).