How to Install Gearman on Elementary OS Latest

Gearman is an open-source application used to distribute work across multiple machines. It supports many programming languages and has various plugins that provide additional functionality. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Gearman on Elementary OS Latest.

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure your system is up to date by running the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

We need to install some dependencies before we can install Gearman. Run the following command to install them:

sudo apt-get install -y libgearman-dev libboost-all-dev gperf git-core

Step 2: Download and Build Gearman

The next step is to download Gearman from its website and install it. Follow these steps:

1. Download Gearman's source code from its website.

   cd ~
   git clone https://github.com/gearman/gearmand.git
   

2. Move to the directory where you downloaded Gearman.

   cd gearmand/
   

3. Now we need to build Gearman from source.

   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install
   

Step 3: Start Gearman

To ensure that Gearman is working correctly, we need to start it. Run the following command to start the Gearman daemon:

sudo gearmand -d

Step 4: Verify Gearman Installation

To verify that Gearman has been installed successfully, run the following command:

gearadmin --version

If the version number is shown, then Gearman has been installed correctly.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to download, build and install Gearman on Elementary OS Latest. Now you are ready to use Gearman and distribute work across multiple machines.