How To Install redis on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install redis on Kali Linux.

What is redis

redis 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.

The dataset is stored entirely in memory and periodically flushed to disk.

This package installs the main redis-server package.

There are three methods to install redis on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install redis

Install redis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install redis

Install redis Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install redis

How To Uninstall redis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove redis

Uninstall redis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall redis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove redis

Remove redis Configurations and Data

To remove redis configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge redis

Remove redis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge redis

Dependencies

redis have the following dependencies:

• redis-server

References

• redis website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install redis package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.