Is there a command to update redis?

Question

I'm working on the front end for a web app, but I'm trying to learn as much of the backend setup as I can as well. I am setting up redis on a new computer myself, but running into a few hiccups.

The wget command cannot be found, so I assume it Linux only? I am following these instructions to install redis on Mac OS 10.7. I have redis 2.0.0 installed, but while attempting to install 2.4.4 using the same commands, I am told redis-server, redis-cli, redis-benchmark cannot be found, and I can't copy them to /usr/local/bin.

I could not find an update command to bring redis up to the most recent version. I don't think it should be this difficult to install the most recent version on redis on Mac OS, but I can't see what I am doing wrong.

Answer 1

So far as I know, typing:

    $ brew upgrade redis

should work, where $ indicates your command line. If it complains about HomeBrew not being installed, you can obtain that here. Brew is an excellent package manager, and a great way of taking care of your files.

Answer 2

If you're not using brew, then these steps will help you get up to date.

First, find the location of your installed redis-server instance before updating. In my case, it was in /usr/local/bin/, but it might also be in /usr/bin/. If it's not here, you can type which redis-server to find the location.

Next, download the redis tar file from https://redis.io/download, then install it from the directory it downloaded to:

cd Downloads
tar xzf redis-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
cd redis-X.Y.Z
make test
make

Next, we'll move the new installed redis to the location where the current instance is running:

sudo mv src/redis-server /usr/local/bin
sudo mv src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin

Now you should be ready to use redis-server and redis-cli in the new version.

PS - I also moved the redis-benchmark, redis-sentinel, redis-check-aof, and redis-check-dump files because they were also already in /usr/local/bin.

Ref: http://jasdeep.ca/2012/05/installing-redis-on-mac-os-x/