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How to Install and Run Redis Directly on macOS (Without Homebrew)

Published at
1/7/2025
Categories
redis
cli
Author
Abdussalam Mujeeb-ur-rahman
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How to Install and Run Redis Directly on macOS (Without Homebrew)

To install Redis without using Homebrew on my macOS, I had to build it from source. Here’s how I did it:

  • I installed Xcode Command Line Tools by running (in my terminal):
    xcode-select --install
  • I downloaded the Redis Source Code by running:
    curl -O https://download.redis.io/releases/redis-6.2.11.tar.gz

You can always check Redis releases to download any of your choice.

  • I extracted the file I downloaded by running:
    tar -xvzf redis-6.2.11.tar.gz
    cd redis-6.2.11
  • I did run the make command to compile Redis:
    make
  • After the build and compilation was executed successfully, I proceeded to installing Redis:
 sudo make install
  • I started the Redis server manually:
 redis-server
  • I opened another terminal and connected to the Redis server by running the following:
 redis-cli
  • To verify it was working, I did run the PING command:
PING

As expected, I got the PONG response.

I hope it helps. Thanks for reading 😊

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