How to Install Gearman on Windows 10

Gearman is a popular job queueing system that is widely used by developers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Gearman on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following software installed:

• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
• Perl (available at https://www.perl.org/get.html)

Steps to Install Gearman on Windows 10

1. Download the latest version of Gearman from http://gearman.org/download/

2. Extract the downloaded file to the desired directory on your computer.

3. Open the extracted folder and locate the gearmand.exe file.

4. Open a command prompt in Windows as an administrator (search for "cmd" in the Start menu, right-click on "Command Prompt", and select "Run as administrator").

5. Navigate to the directory where gearmand.exe is located using the cd command. For example:

cd C:\gearman\bin

6. Run the following command to install Gearman as a Windows service:

gearmand.exe --install

You should see a message indicating that Gearman has been installed as a service.

7. Start the Gearman service by running the following command:

net start gearmand

You should see a message indicating that the Gearman service has started.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gearman on your Windows 10 computer. You can now use Gearman to create job queues for your applications. For more information on how to use Gearman, refer to the official documentation at http://gearman.org/documentation/.