install redis and used in golang on ubuntu 14.04

$ wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-3.0.3.tar.gz
$ tar xzf redis-3.0.3.tar.gz
$ cd redis-3.0.3
$ make

src/redis-server

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$ src/redis-cli
redis> set foo bar
OK
redis> get foo
"bar"

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go get gopkg.in/redis.v3

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package main

import (
"gopkg.in/redis.v3"
"fmt"
)

func main() {
client := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
Addr: "localhost:6379",
Password: "", // no password set
DB: 0, // use default DB
})

defer client.Close()

pong, err := client.Ping().Result()
fmt.Println(pong, err)
// Output: PONG <nil>

err = client.Set("key", "value", 0).Err()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}

val, err := client.Get("key").Result()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println("key", val)

}