GRAKN.AI is an open source hyper-relational database for knowledge engineering. Rooted in Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning. Grakn is knowledge base for artificial intelligence and cognitive computing systems. This post will demonstrate how to install Grakn on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04
Main Features of Grakn
- Concept Level Schema
- Real time interference
- Distributed analytics
- High-level query language
Install GRAKN on Ubuntu
Prerequisites
GRAKN.AI Installation require JAVA 8 (OpenJDK or Oracle JAVA ) as a dependency with $JAVA_HOME set accordingly.
Update Ubuntu
Before using Ubuntu instance to install other software packages, you should update it, using command
sudo apt-get update
JAVA Installation
You can install Open JDK Java 8 by using following command on Debian, Ubuntu etc.
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
Download GRAKN 1.1 Latest version
Go to GRAKN Download Page
For desktop computer you can simply click on download button and your download will be started. For installation on Ubuntu Server you can use curl command given below to download Grakn package
wget -L https://github.com/graknlabs/grakn/releases/download/v1.1.0/grakn-dist-1.1.0.tar.gz
Extract installation package
You can extract installation package using tar command
tar -xvf grakn-dist-1.1.0.tar.gz
Start GRAKN
Go to extracted folder in my case it is grakn-dist-1.1.0
cd grakn-dist-1.1.0
then run grakn start to start grakn server
./grakn server start
After running this command you should see following output on your terminal
Grakn AI Dashboard Default Port
After installation by default GRAKN dashboard will be accessible at http://localhost:4567
GRAKN Console queries
You can perform queries from graql console, you can start graql console from the installation folder by using command.
./graql console
You can also run queries from grakn dashboard accessible at http://localhost:4567/#/console
GRAKN AI Documentation
Setup Guide
Quickstart tutorial
More about Grakn server
Guide to use Grakn Console
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