Downloading the source files
The Redis source files are available on [this site's Download page]. You can verify the integrity of these downloads by checking them against the digests in the redis-hashes git repository.
To obtain the source files for the latest stable version of Redis from the Redis downloads site, run:
wget -N https://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz
Compiling Redis
To compile Redis, first, the tarball, change to the root directory, and then run make:
tar -xzvf redis-stable.tar.gz
cd redis-stable
make
If the compile succeeds, you'll find several Redis binaries in the src directory, including:
- redis-server: the Redis Server itself
- redis-cli is the command line interface utility to talk with Redis.
To install these binaries in /usr/local/bin, run:
make install
Starting and stopping Redis in the foreground
Once installed, you can start Redis by running
redis-server
If successful, you'll see the startup logs for Redis, and Redis will be running in the foreground.
To stop Redis, type Ctrl + C or, enter Ctrl-C.
