sphinxsearchHow do I update SphinxSearch on Ubuntu?

Updating SphinxSearch on Ubuntu is relatively easy. The following steps should be followed:

1. Install SphinxSearch using sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch.
2. Stop the running SphinxSearch daemon using sudo service sphinxsearch stop.
3. Download the latest version of SphinxSearch from sphinxsearch.com.
4. Unpack the downloaded archive using tar -xzf sphinx-<version>.tar.gz
5. Change the working directory to the unpacked directory using cd sphinx-<version>.
6. Install the new version of SphinxSearch using ./configure && make && sudo make install.
7. Start the SphinxSearch daemon using sudo service sphinxsearch start.

sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch
sudo service sphinxsearch stop
tar -xzf sphinx-<version>.tar.gz
cd sphinx-<version>
./configure && make && sudo make install
sudo service sphinxsearch start

Output example

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Sphinxsearch is already the newest version (2.2.11-release).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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