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@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ Where to find complete Redis documentation? ------------------------------------------- This README is just a fast "quick start" document. You can find more detailed -documentation here: http://redis.io/documentation - +documentation at http://redis.io Building Redis -------------- @@ -13,18 +12,45 @@ 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 to /usr/local/bin -by default. You can also use "make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install" +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 -After you build Redis is a good idea to test it (which require Tcl), using: +After building Redis is a good idea to test it, using: % make test +NOTE: if after building Redis with a 32 bit target you need to rebuild it + with a 64 bit target you need to perform a "make clean" in the root + directory of the Redis distribution. + +Allocator +--------- + +By default Redis compiles and links against jemalloc under Linux, since +glibc malloc() has memory fragmentation problems. + +To force a libc malloc() build use: + + 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 + +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 Running Redis ------------- @@ -40,7 +66,6 @@ parameter (the path of the configuration file): % cd src % ./redis-server /path/to/redis.conf - Playing with Redis ------------------ |