Install Memgraph on Ubuntu
This article briefly outlines the basic steps necessary to install and run Memgraph on Ubuntu.
Prerequisites
Before you proceed with the installation guide make sure that you have:
- Downloaded the latest Memgraph Debian Package which can be found here.
Installation guide
After downloading Memgraph as a Debian package, install it by running the following:
sudo dpkg -i /path-to/memgraph_<version>.deb
In order to perform some actions on your operating system like installing new software, you may need superuser privileges (commonly called root).
You could get errors while installing the package with the above command if you don't have all of Memgraph's dependencies installed. The issues mostly look like the following:
dpkg: error processing package memgraph (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
memgraph
To install missing dependencies and finish the installation of the Memgraph package, just issue the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f
The above command will install all missing dependencies and will finish configuring the Memgraph package.
On successful installation, Memgraph should already be running. To confirm it, you can start it explicitly as follows:
sudo systemctl start memgraph
To verify that Memgraph is running, run the following:
sudo journalctl --unit memgraph
If successful, you should receive an output similar to the following:
You are running Memgraph vX.X.X-community
If you want to start Memgraph with different configuration settings, check out the section below. At this point, Memgraph is ready for you to submit queries.
Stopping Memgraph
To shut down the Memgraph server, issue the following command:
sudo systemctl stop memgraph
Configuration
The Memgraph configuration is available in /etc/memgraph/memgraph.conf. If the
configuration file is altered, Memgraph needs to be restarted. To learn about
all the configuration options, check out the Reference
guide.
Where to next?
To learn how to query the database, take a look at the
Querying guide or Memgraph
Playground for interactive tutorials.
Visit the Building applications
page if you need to connect to the database programmatically.
Getting help
If you run into problems during the installation process, check out our installation troubleshooting guide to see if we have already covered the topic. For more information on the installation process and for additional questions, visit the Getting help page.