Xapian tools and bindings

How to manually install the latest Xapian tools and bindings from sources

Go to the Xapian download page. Check the latest stable sources and then follow the following build and instalation procedure. Replace 1.4.10 with the latest stable version if needed.

1. Remove obsolete gem xapian-full-alaveteli

sudo gem uninstall xapian-full-alaveteli

2. Remove Xapian packeges

sudo apt-get remove xapian-omega ruby-xapian

3. Install Xapian tools and binding from sources

dependencies

sudo apt-get install libmagic-dev build-essential

a) Xapian Core

wget https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.4.10/xapian-core-1.4.10.tar.xz

tar -xf xapian-core-1.4.10.tar.xz

cd xapian-core-1.4.10

./configure

make

sudo make install

b) Xapian Omega

wget https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.4.10/xapian-omega-1.4.10.tar.xz

tar -xf xapian-omega-1.4.10.tar.xz

cd xapian-omega-1.4.10

./configure

make

sudo make install

c) Xapian bindings

wget https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.4.10/xapian-bindings-1.4.10.tar.xz

tar -xf xapian-bindings-1.4.10.tar.xz

cd xapian-bindings-1.4.10

./configure

make

sudo make install