Install Redis on Ubuntu

redis.md

Install Redis on Ubuntu server

Install dependency to compile redis

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install tcl8.5

Download and install

Download latest version via wget

wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-3.0.1.tar.gz

Untar the downloaded package

tar xzf redis-3.0.1.tar.gz

Change directory downloaded folder

cd redis-3.0.1

Then compile and install

make
make test
sudo make install

Install redis server globally

cd utils
sudo ./install_server.sh

Setup redis to automatically running on boot

sudo update-rc.d redis_6379 defaults

Test installation

Run on console

redis-cli

you will see redis console like this

127.0.0.1:6379>