How To Install tarantool on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool on Ubuntu 20.04. tarantool is In-memory database with a Lua application server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is tarantool

tarantool is:

Tarantool is an in-memory database and a 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

This package provides Tarantool command line interpreter and server.

There are three methods to install tarantool on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tarantool

Install tarantool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tarantool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tarantool

Install tarantool 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tarantool

How To Uninstall tarantool on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the tarantool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tarantool

Uninstall tarantool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tarantool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tarantool

Remove tarantool Configurations and Data

To remove tarantool configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tarantool

Remove tarantool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tarantool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tarantool

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.