Install Xapian

Xapian is an open source search engine library, released under the GPL. Follow the steps and commands below to install it:

• Get the latest sources:

  $ wget http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.2.12/xapian-core-1.2.12.tar.gz
  $ wget http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.2.12/xapian-bindings-1.2.12.tar.gz
  $ sudo su
  

• Decompress Xapian sources:

  $ tar zxf xapian-core-1.2.12.tar.gz
  $ tar zxf xapian-bindings-1.2.12.tar.gz
  

• Install dependencies:

  • Debian:

    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
    $ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev
    

  • CentOS:

    $ sudo yum groups mark install "Development Tools"
    

• Set paths:

  $ export LDFLAGS=-L/opt/bitnami/common/lib
  $ export CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/bitnami/common/include
  

• Compile and install Xapian:

  $ cd xapian-core-1.2.12
  $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/bitnami/common
  $ make
  $ sudo make install
  $ cd ../xapian-bindings-1.2.12
  $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/bitnami/common --with-python
  $ make
  $ sudo make install
  

• Restart the servers:

  $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart