How To Install redis-redisearch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-redisearch
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is redis-redisearch
redis-redisearch is:
Redisearch implements a search engine on top of Redis but unlike other search libraries it does not use internal data structures such as sorted sets.
This also enables more advanced features such as exact phrase matching and numeric filtering for text queries that are not possible or efficient with traditional Redis search approaches.
There are three methods to install redis-redisearch
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 redis-redisearch 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-redisearch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install redis-redisearch
Install redis-redisearch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-redisearch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install redis-redisearch
Install redis-redisearch 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-redisearch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install redis-redisearch
How To Uninstall redis-redisearch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the redis-redisearch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove redis-redisearch
Uninstall redis-redisearch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall redis-redisearch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove redis-redisearch
Remove redis-redisearch Configurations and Data
To remove redis-redisearch
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge redis-redisearch
Remove redis-redisearch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove redis-redisearch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge redis-redisearch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-redisearch
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.