Unable to start Redis server due to config file error

Question

I've just installed Redis by following the instructions here: http://redis.io/download

When I run redis-server redis.conf I get the following error:

*** FATAL CONFIG FILE ERROR ***
Reading the configuration file, at line 135
>>> 'slave-serve-stale-data yes'
Bad directive or wrong number of arguments

Thanks

Answer 1

I had this problem, too, and had to manually copy files into place after the build.

cd ~/redis-2.4.15
mkdir redis-1.2.4-backup

sudo mv /usr/bin/redis-* ~/redis-2.4.15/redis-1.2.4-backup/ ;

sudo mv src/redis-benchmark /usr/bin/ ;
sudo mv src/redis-check-aof /usr/bin/ ;
sudo mv src/redis-check-dump /usr/bin/ ;
sudo mv src/redis-cli /usr/bin/ ;
sudo mv src/redis-server /usr/bin/ ;

sudo chown root /usr/bin/redis-* ;

I put the ; at the ends of the lines because sometimes I want to join things into a single line of shell commands.

Make sure the rest of your stuff is setup, like init.d, conf and log files.