How To Install redis-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. redis-tools is Persistent key-value database with network interface (client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 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-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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

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Summary

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