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sphinxsearchHow do I install SphinxSearch on Debian?


  1. Download and install SphinxSearch from the official website:
    wget http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-2.2.11-release.tar.gz
    tar -xzvf sphinx-2.2.11-release.tar.gz
  2. Change the working directory to the extracted folder:
    cd sphinx-2.2.11-release
  3. Configure and compile the source code:
    ./configure
    make
  4. Install SphinxSearch:
    make install
  5. Add SphinxSearch to the system path:
    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sphinx/bin
  6. Start the SphinxSearch daemon:
    searchd
  7. To verify the installation, run the search command and you should see the following output:
    search --help
    Sphinx 2.2.11-id64-release (r5161)
    Copyright (c) 2001-2018, Andrew Aksyonoff
    Copyright (c) 2008-2016, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch.com)

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