Installing beanstalkd on ubuntu
Here is a commad dump for installing beanstalkd on ubuntu.
$ wget http://xph.us/dist/beanstalkd/beanstalkd-1.3.tar.gz $ tar zxvf beanstalkd-1.3.tar.gz $ rm beanstalkd-1.3.tar.gz $ cd beanstalkd-1.3/ $ ./configure
You might run into following error:
configure: error: Unable to locate libevent headers, please use --with-event=DIR
If so, install "libevent-dev" package.
$ sudo apt-get install libevent-dev
..continue..
$ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install
At this point, beanstalkd should be installed in proper location. Verify:
$ which beanstalkdEnjoy!
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I’ve actually published a package for beanstalkd for Ubuntu Hardy. Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list to use it:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/auxesis/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
The same package works fine on Intrepid too.
Lindsay Holmwood
23 Jul 09 at 11:29 am