Articles tagged as installation
Debian / Ubuntu: How to enforce a certain version of neo4j when using debian packages
If you want to run a specific version of Neo4j and install the software via a debian repository you need to use a technique called apt pinning. Otherwise, any system…
Diagnose storage performance issues
Slow storage can affect Neo4j performance, therefore we recommend using Solid State Drives in the product documentation. Benchmark your underlying system On Ubuntu or RedHat, you can use fio tool…
Embed neo4j-enterprise within your java application
The Neo4j Java Reference Documentation generally describes how to embed Neo4j Community Edition within your Java application. If you are licensed for Neo4j Enterprise, this article will guide you through…
Extracting Java Error When Installing Neo4j Desktop
In rare cases, Neo4j Desktop install might fail during the Java extract phase with the following message on Windows: Initialization Error: error: end of central directory record not found (see…
How do I define my graph.db at a path other than under NEO4J_HOME for Windows
Commencing with Neo4j 3.0, the default location for your graph.db directory is under $NEO4J_HOME\databases\. To change the path for the location of the database directory, edit the following parameters in…
How to List and Install Neo4j Versions Using yum
Neo4j 3.0 does NOT provide an rpm, and it is unlikely 3.1 will either. This is on the roadmap to be done soon, but presently it is not an official…
How to properly shutdown a Neo4j database after receiving the message took more than 120 seconds to stop
The neo4j script under the bin/ directory of any standard Neo4j install is the primary means of shutting down a running Neo4j instance. That script accepts a stop argument that…
Installing Neo4j Database on Debian or Ubuntu fails with "The following packages have unmet dependencies"
Installing Neo4j Database on Debian or Ubuntu fails with the error: Why is this happening? The apt package manager is not handling multiple versions of a package, in this case…
Proper File Permissions on Neo4j Server
When installing Neo4j Server, keep in mind that the bin/neo4j executable will need to be run by some OS system user, and that user will need write permissions to some…
Setup Neo4j Service to run with different service ID
By default when neo4j is installed as an RPM via yum or apt-get, it creates a user neo4j and group neo4j and runs as neo4j user. However it might be…
Using apt to download a specific Neo4j debian package
By default, using apt-get to install Neo4j allows you to grab the current and previous stable releases. However, if you would like to install an older version, you can specify…