### make sure you have at least redis v4.0+

`redis-server --version`

`redis-cli --version`


### install the build-essential package

`apt-get install build-essential`

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git clone https://github.com/RedisLabsModules/rejson.git

cd rejson/

make

cd src/

mkdir /etc/redis/modules/

mv rejson.so /etc/redis/modules/


### add this line to /etc/redis/redis.conf

`loadmodule /etc/redis/modules/rejson.so`

### restart redis server

`service redis-server restart`

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ref: https://oss.redislabs.com/rejson/#linux-ubuntu-1604