sphinxsearchHow do I install Sphinx Search?

1. Download the latest version of Sphinx Search from sphinxsearch.com.
2. Extract the downloaded package and cd into its directory:

tar -xzvf sphinx-2.2.11-release.tar.gz
cd sphinx-2.2.11-release

3. Run ./configure with the desired options:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sphinx --with-mysql

4. Compile and install Sphinx Search:

make
make install

5. Create a configuration file:

cp /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf.dist /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf

6. Start the searchd daemon:

/usr/local/sphinx/bin/searchd --config /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf

7. Now you can connect to the searchd daemon and issue queries:

/usr/local/sphinx/bin/search --config /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf "test"

Output example

Sphinx 2.2.11-id64-release (rel22-r5006)
Copyright (c) 2001-2015, Andrew Aksyonoff
Copyright (c) 2008-2015, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch.com)

using config file '/usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf'...
index 'test1': query 'test ': returned 0 matches of 0 total in 0.000 sec

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