How To Install iredis on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install iredis on Ubuntu 22.04. iredis is CLI for Redis with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iredis on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is iredis

iredis is:

IRedis is a command line interface for Redis with auto-completion and syntax highlighting. It is also capable of pretty printing tabular data.

There are three methods to install iredis on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iredis Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install iredis using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install iredis

Install iredis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iredis

Install iredis 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 iredis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iredis

How To Uninstall iredis on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove iredis

Uninstall iredis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iredis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iredis

Remove iredis Configurations and Data

To remove iredis configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iredis

Remove iredis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iredis

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iredis package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.