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Execute these instructions after you have followed the other instructions for setting up a development virtual machine. It is assumed that you have already installed libpq5.

Installing Sphinx on the VM

Download the latest version of Sphinx (starting out as the ordinary tatoeba user, not superuser):

$ mkdir ~/downloads
$ cd ~/downloads/
$ wget http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinxsearch\_2.1.5-release-1~wheezy\_i386.deb
$ su -
$ dpkg -i sphinxsearch_2.1.5-release-1~wheezy_i386.deb
$ exit

Now make the Sphinx directory and subdirectories:

$ mkdir ~/sphinx
$ cd ~/sphinx
$ mkdir indices
$ mkdir log

Edit docs/generate_sphinx_conf.php as follows:

    line 15
        $sourcePath = "/home/tatoeba/sphinx/indices";
    line 193-196:
        - sql_user = root
        - sql_pass = tatoeba
        - sql_db = tatoeba
        - sql_sock = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    line 383:
        - change `port` to `listen` because the latest sphinx version uses `listen` instead of `port`.
    line 384, 385, 388:
        - log = /home/tatoeba/sphinx/log/searchd.log
        - query_log = /home/tatoeba/sphinx/log/query.log
        - pid_file = /home/tatoeba/sphinx/log/searchd.pid

Generate the sphinx.conf file:

$ php generate\_sphinx\_conf.php > sphinx.conf

As superuser, copy sphinx.conf to sphinxsearch, index, and run the service:

$ su 
$ cp sphinx.conf /etc/sphinxsearch/
$ indexer --all
$ searchd
$ exit

If you want to stop the service, execute:

service sphinxsearch stop

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Installing Sphinx on the VM

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