How to find the latest version of redis-server in repos?

Question

I am running 11.04, and I need to learn how to search for packages for 'redis-server' and also what version they various repo's have?

I know to add a repo I add it to /etc/apt/source.list and sometimes i have to add a key.

(btw, why do you have to add a key to fetch from a repo?)

Answer 1

You can use the following PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rwky/+archive/redis.

You can install this repo running the command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rwky/redis

then update the packages' information

sudo apt-get update

finally install the application

sudo apt-get install redis-server