How To Install tarantool-lts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool-lts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tarantool-lts
tarantool-lts is:
Tarantool is an in-memory database and Lua application server. Its key properties include:
- flexible data model
- multiple index types: HASH, TREE, BITSET
- optional persistence and strong data durability
- log streaming replication
- Lua functions, procedures, triggers, with rich access to database API, JSON support, inter-procedure and network communication libraries
- a command line client supporting simple SQL and a native Lua console
This package provides Tarantool server.
There are three methods to install tarantool-lts on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tarantool-lts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tarantool-lts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tarantool-lts
Install tarantool-lts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tarantool-lts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tarantool-lts
Install tarantool-lts 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 tarantool-lts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tarantool-lts
How To Uninstall tarantool-lts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tarantool-lts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tarantool-lts
Uninstall tarantool-lts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tarantool-lts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tarantool-lts
Remove tarantool-lts Configurations and Data
To remove tarantool-lts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tarantool-lts
Remove tarantool-lts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tarantool-lts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tarantool-lts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool-lts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
