how about pip?

Author: MridulS

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           pip freeze
           # hg-evolve pinned to 9.2 because hg-evolve dropped support for
           # hg 4.5, installed with apt in Ubuntu 18.04
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install mercurial
+          pip install mercurial
           $(hg debuginstall --template "{pythonexe}") -m pip install hg-evolve --user
 
       - name: "Run tests"