Better installation info inside README file.

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antirez 2011-10-23 12:28:31 +02:00
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@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ It is as simple as:
% make
Redis is just a single binary, but if you want to install it you can use
the "make install" target that will copy the binary in /usr/local/bin
for default. You can also use "make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install"
if you wish to use a different destination.
You can run a 32 bit Redis binary using:
% make 32bit
@ -36,13 +31,13 @@ glibc malloc() has memory fragmentation problems.
To force a libc malloc() build use:
make FORCE_LIBC_MALLOC=yes
% make FORCE_LIBC_MALLOC=yes
In all the other non Linux systems the libc malloc() is used by default.
On Mac OS X you can force a jemalloc based build using the following:
make USE_JEMALLOC=yes
% make USE_JEMALLOC=yes
Verbose build
-------------
@ -50,7 +45,7 @@ Verbose build
Redis will build with a user friendly colorized output by default.
If you want to see a more verbose output use the following:
make V=1
% make V=1
Running Redis
-------------
@ -90,4 +85,30 @@ You can find the list of all the available commands here:
http://redis.io/commands
Installing Redis
-----------------
In order to install Redis binaries into /usr/local/bin just use:
% make install
You can use "make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install" if you wish to use a
different destination.
Make install will just install binaries in your system, but will not configure
init scripts and configuration files in the appropriate place. This is not
needed if you want just to play a bit with Redis, but if you are installing
it the proper way for a production system, we have a script doing this
for Ubuntu and Debian systems:
% cd utils
% ./install_server
The script will ask you a few questions and will setup everything you need
to run Redis properly as a background daemon that will start again on
system reboots.
You'll be able to stop and start Redis using the script named
/etc/init.d/redis_<portnumber>, for instance /etc/init.d/redis_6379.
Enjoy!