Announcements
[Ubuntu] PostgreSQL is now available on the Ubuntu Arm64 images
[Ubuntu] Podman will be downgraded on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 runner images
[Ubuntu] The Ubuntu 22 based runner images will begin deprecation on September 17th and will be fully unsupported by April 17th for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
[Ubuntu] Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 Arm is now available as a public preview

Ubuntu 24.04

Installed Software

Language and Runtime

Package Management

Environment variables

Name Value
CONDA
VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT /usr/local/share/vcpkg

Homebrew note

Location: /home/linuxbrew
Note: Homebrew is pre-installed on image but not added to PATH.
run the eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)" command
to accomplish this.

Project Management

Tools

CLI Tools

Java

Version Environment Variable
8.0.504+1 JAVA_HOME_8_X64
11.0.32+9 JAVA_HOME_11_X64
17.0.20+1 (default) JAVA_HOME_17_X64
21.0.12+1 JAVA_HOME_21_X64
25.0.4+1 JAVA_HOME_25_X64

PHP Tools

Both Xdebug and PCOV extensions are installed, but only Xdebug is enabled.

Rust Tools

Packages

Browsers and Drivers

Environment variables

Name Value
CHROMEWEBDRIVER
EDGEWEBDRIVER
GECKOWEBDRIVER /usr/local/share/gecko_driver
SELENIUM_JAR_PATH /usr/share/java/selenium-server.jar

.NET Tools

Databases

PostgreSQL

User: postgres
PostgreSQL service is disabled by default.
Use the following command as a part of your job to start the service: 'sudo systemctl start postgresql.service'

MySQL

User: root
Password: root
MySQL service is disabled by default.
Use the following command as a part of your job to start the service: 'sudo systemctl start mysql.service'

Cached Tools

Go

Node.js

Python

Ruby

PowerShell Tools

PowerShell Modules

Web Servers

Name Version ConfigFile ServiceStatus ListenPort
apache2 2.4.58 /etc/apache2/apache2.conf inactive 80
nginx 1.24.0 /etc/nginx/nginx.conf inactive 80

Installed apt packages

Name Version
acl 2.3.2-1build1.1
aria2 1.37.0+debian-1build3
autoconf 2.71-3
automake 1:1.16.5-1.3ubuntu1
binutils 2.42-4ubuntu2.10
bison 2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build2
brotli 1.1.0-2build2
bzip2 1.0.8-5.1ubuntu0.1
coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.13
dbus 1.14.10-4ubuntu4.1
dnsutils 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.7
dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.6
dpkg-dev 1.22.6ubuntu6.6
fakeroot 1.33-1
file 1:5.45-3build1
findutils 4.9.0-5build1
flex 2.6.4-8.2build1
fonts-noto-color-emoji 2.047-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
ftp 20230507-2build3
g++ 4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1
gcc 4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1
gnupg2 2.4.4-2ubuntu17.6
haveged 1.9.14-1ubuntu2
iproute2 6.1.0-1ubuntu6.4
iputils-ping 3:20240117-1ubuntu0.1
jq 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.2
libgbm-dev 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
libicu-dev 74.2-1ubuntu3.1
libnss3-tools 2:3.98-1ubuntu0.2
libsqlite3-dev 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.7
libssl-dev 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15
libtool 2.4.7-7build1
libyaml-dev 0.2.5-1build1
locales 2.39-0ubuntu8.8
lz4 1.9.4-1build1.1
m4 1.4.19-4build1
make 4.3-4.1build2
mediainfo 24.01.1-1build2
mercurial 6.7.2-1ubuntu2.2
net-tools 2.10-0.1ubuntu4.4
netcat 1.226-1ubuntu2
openssh-client 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.19
p7zip-full 16.02+transitional.1
p7zip-rar 16.02+transitional.1
parallel 20231122+ds-1
patchelf 0.18.0-1.1build1
pigz 2.8-1
pkg-config 1.8.1-2build1
pollinate 4.33-3.1ubuntu1.3
python-is-python3 3.11.4-1
rpm 4.18.2+dfsg-2.1build2
rsync 3.2.7-1ubuntu1.5
shellcheck 0.9.0-1
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8build1
sqlite3 3.45.1-1ubuntu2.7
ssh 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.19
sshpass 1.09-1
sudo 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2
swig 4.2.0-2ubuntu1
systemd-coredump 255.4-1ubuntu8.17
tar 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
telnet 0.17+2.5-3ubuntu4.2
texinfo 7.1-3build2
time 1.9-0.2build1
tk 8.6.14build1
tree 2.1.1-2ubuntu3.24.04.2
tzdata 2026c-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
unzip 6.0-28ubuntu4.1
upx 4.2.2-3
wget 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.5
xvfb 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.6
xz-utils 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1ubuntu0.3
zip 3.0-13ubuntu0.2
zsync 0.6.2-5build1