How to Install Neo4J on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Easy Guide

July 6, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Neo4J Quick Start Ubuntu 16.04

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-step How to Install Neo4J on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

Especially relevant: the Neo4J Database is Entirely Based on Java and the Installation on Ubuntu Require the Oracle Java JDK.

The Neo4J Graph Database can be considered as Special purpose NoSQL database Optimized for Relation-heavy Data.

Moreover, the one advantage that Neo4J Database have is easy representation, retrieval and manipulation of relationships between the entities in the system.

Finally, here is Described a System-Wide Setup, for a Local One Simply Change Paths Consequently…

How to Install Neo4J on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - Featured
  1. First, Open Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

    Ctrl+Alt+T

    How to Install Neo4J on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
    Or Login into Server Shell Shell…

  2. Download Latest Neo4J Community Edition for Linux.

    Neo4J for Linux tar.gz
  3. Then Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive and Extract into /tmp.

    Neo4J tar.gz Extraction Path
    Or from Command Line:

    tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/neo4j*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
  4. Relocate Neo4J Folder.

    sudo su

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    mv /tmp/neo4j* /opt/
  5. How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu

    Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu
  6. Creating the neo4j User.

    useradd neo4j

    Set User Pass:

    passwd neo4j
  7. Finally, to Start/Stop the Neo4J Database Server.

    cd /opt/neo4j*

    Starting Neo4J Server:

    su neo4j
    ./bin/neo4j console

    Stopping Neo4J Server:

    Ctrl+c
  8. Getting-Started with Neo4J Database on Linux

    Neo4J Quick Start Guide
  9. How to Install Neo4J on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - Neo4J on Browser


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