Install Neo4J for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty 32/64-bit
The Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting Started with the Neo4J Database Community Edition Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 Linux desktop/server.
The Neo4J Database is Entirely Based on Java and the Installation Ubuntu Require the Oracle Java JDK 7.
Neo4J Graph Database can be considered as Special purpose NoSQL database Optimized for Relation-heavy Data.
The one advantage that Neo4J Database have is easy representation, retrieval and manipulation of relationships between the entities in the system.
Here is Described a System-Wide Setup, for a Local One Simply Change Paths Consequently…
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).
Ctrl+Alt+T
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Or Login into Server Shell Shell…
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Download Latest Neo4J Community Edition for Linux.
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Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive and Extract into /tmp.

Or from Command Line:
tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/neo4j*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
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Relocate Neo4J Folder.
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
mv /tmp/neo4j* /opt/
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How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu
Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu
To check your current JDK version:
javac --version && java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 | grep 'java.vendor'
If it’s the official Oracle JDK, the output will include: java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
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Creating the neo4j User.
useradd neo4j
Set User Pass:
passwd neo4j
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Start-Stop the Neo4J Database Server.
cd /opt/neo4j*
Starting Neo4J Server:
su neo4j
./bin/neo4j console
Stopping Neo4J Server:
Ctrl+c
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Getting Started with Neo4J Database on Linux
