Install tools on Linux

This page describes how to install Aerospike tools on supported Linux distributions. Refer to Aerospike tools requirements to learn about supported operating systems and other requirements.

Prerequisites

RHEL

Verify that your system satisfies the prerequisites described in Aerospike tools requirements.

Debian

• Requires a supported Debian release.
• Verify that your system satisfies the prerequisites as described in Tools Requirements.
• Verify that the package libreadline is installed on your Debian system.

Ubuntu

• Requires a supported Ubuntu release.
• Verify that your system satisfies the prerequisites that are described in Tools Requirements.
• Verify that the package libreadline is installed on your Ubuntu system.

Install with tarball

RHEL

See Download Aerospike Tools for more details on manual or automated downloads of tools packages.

In the example below, replace VERSION with the tools version you want to download, or browse for available downloads in the latest directory.

wget -O aerospike-tools.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/VERSION/aerospike-tools_VERSION_el8_x86_64.tgz
tar -xvf aerospike-tools.tgz
cd aerospike-tools_*
sudo ./asinstall

Debian

See Download Aerospike Tools for more details on manual or automated downloads of tools packages.

In the example below, replace VERSION with the tools version you want to download, or browse for available downloads in the latest directory.

wget -O aerospike-tools.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/VERSION/aerospike-tools_VERSION_debian13_x86_64.tgz
tar -xvf aerospike-tools.tgz
cd aerospike-tools_*
sudo ./asinstall

Ubuntu

See Download Aerospike Tools for more details on manual or automated downloads of tools packages.

In the example below, replace VERSION with the tools version you want to download, or browse for available downloads in the latest directory.

wget -O aerospike-tools.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/VERSION/aerospike-tools_VERSION_ubuntu20.04_x86_64.tgz
tar -xvf aerospike-tools.tgz
cd aerospike-tools_*
sudo ./asinstall

Install with native package

RHEL

You can install the RPMs directly.

aerospike-tools-<version>-1.<RHEL>.<architecture>.rpm

sudo rpm -Uvh aerospike-tools-8.1.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm

Debian

You can install the Debian package directly.

Starting with Tools 8.1.1 the Debian package format is as follows:

aerospike-tools_<version>-<[commit]distro>_<architecture>.deb

sudo dpkg -i aerospike-tools_8.1.1-debian11_arm64.deb

Ubuntu

You can install the Debian package directly.

Starting with Tools 8.0.3 the Debian package format is as follows:

aerospike-tools_<version>-<[commit]distro>_<architecture>.deb

sudo dpkg -i aerospike-tools_8.0.3-ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb

Verify tools installation

RHEL

You can grep for aerospike-tools to verify the package installation:

rpm -qa | grep aerospike-tools

Tip

To verify the installation for a specific tool, run the tool with the --version flag. For example, asadm --version. If security is enabled for your Aerospike cluster, provide a valid username and password when you verify the tool.

Debian

You can grep for aerospike-tools to verify the package installation:

dpkg-query -l | grep aerospike-tools

Tip

To verify the installation for a specific tool, run the tool with the --version flag. For example, asadm --version. If security is enabled for your Aerospike cluster, provide a valid username and password when you verify the tool.

Ubuntu

You can grep for aerospike-tools to verify the package installation:

dpkg-query -l | grep aerospike-tools

Tip

To verify the installation for a specific tool, run the tool with the --version flag. For example, asadm --version. If security is enabled for your Aerospike cluster, provide a valid username and password when you verify the tool.