How To Install redis-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-tools on Ubuntu.
What is redis-tools
redis-tools is:
Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
This package contains the command line client and other tools.
There are three methods to install redis-tools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install redis-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install redis-tools
Install redis-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install redis-tools
Install redis-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install redis-tools
How To Uninstall redis-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the redis-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove redis-tools
Uninstall redis-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall redis-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove redis-tools
Remove redis-tools Configurations and Data
To remove redis-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge redis-tools
Remove redis-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove redis-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge redis-tools
Dependencies
redis-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.