Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Redis Server is an open-source, key value data store for Cassandra, CouchDB and MongoDB.
The latest version available is Redis Server 2.8.17, which has been recently released, coming with a fix for a memory leak.
In this article I will show you how to install Redis Server 2.8.17 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Pinguy OS 14.04, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Redis Server 2.8.17 on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the redis-server package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install redis-server
Optional, to remove redis, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove redis-server