How to install Sphinx for Mac Os Lion?

Question

I want to install the latest stable version of Sphinx ( sphinxsearch.com ) on Mac OS X Lion. What is the right way to do this?

Answer 1

Here's a quick guide, http://pat.github.com/ts/en/installing_sphinx.html its regarding think_sphinx, a ruby ​​pearl for working with rails, but it also covers sphinx server setup.

Answer 2

I just checked on brew too, so you can just run it if you have HomeBrew: brew install sphinx .

Answer 3

From these instructions, it was not obvious that the main executables would be found in / usr / local / bin / searchd and / usr / local / bin / indexer ... I was a bit puzzled after installation when I could find nothing of the sphinx in / usr / local / bin.

Answer 4

You can try a simple installation.

-Open your terminal. -Run the following command: sudo easy_install sphinx

Then it works.