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Install Tools on Debian

The following are steps to install Aerospike Tools on Debian operating systems.

Prerequisites​

  • 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.

Installation​

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

wget -O aerospike-tools.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/latest/aerospike-tools__debian11_x86_64.tgz
tar -xvf aerospike-tools.tgz
cd aerospike-tools-*
sudo ./asinstall

Debian format​

You can install the Debian package directly.

Starting with Tools 8.1.0 the Debian package format is as follows:

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

version: 8.1.0, and so on

distro: debian10, debian11, debian12

architecture: amd64, arm64 based on dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH

sudo dpkg -i aerospike-tools_8.1.0-debian11_arm64.deb

Verify​

Verify the package installation:

dpkg-query -l | grep aerospike-tools

If security is enabled for your Aerospike cluster, provide the username and password each time you verify one of the tools.

Verify asadm​

asadm --version

Expected output:

Aerospike Administration Shell
Version 2.2.0

Verify aql​

aql --version

Expected output:

Aerospike Query Client
Version 5.2.0
C Client Version 5.2.0
Copyright 2012-2020 Aerospike. All rights reserved.

Verify asinfo​

asinfo --version

Expected output:

Aerospike Information Tool
Version 5.2.0

Verify asbackup​

asbackup --version

Expected output:

Aerospike backup utility
Version 3.7.2
C Client Version 5.2.0
Copyright 2015-2021 Aerospike. All rights reserved.

Verify asrestore​

asrestore --version

Expected output:

Aerospike Restore Utility
Version 3.7.2
C Client Version 5.2.0
Copyright 2015-2021 Aerospike. All rights reserved.