In order to use the Sphinx Storage Engine, it is necessary to install the Sphinx daemon.

Debian and Ubuntu

Ubuntu users can make use of the repository, as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:builds/sphinxsearch-rel21
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch

Alternatively, install as follows:

• The Sphinx package and daemon are named sphinxsearch.
• sudo apt-get install unixodbc libpq5 mariadb-client
• sudo dpkg -i sphinxsearch*.deb
• Configure Sphinx as required
• You may need to check /etc/default/sphinxsearch to see that START=yes
• Start with sudo service sphinxsearch start (and stop with sudo service sphinxsearch stop)

Red Hat and CentOS

• The package name is sphinx and the daemon searchd.
• sudo yum install postgresql-libs unixODBC
• sudo rpm -Uhv sphinx*.rpm
• Configure Sphinx as required
• service searchd start

Windows

• Unzip and extract the downloaded zip file
• Move the extracted directory to C:\Sphinx
• Configure Sphinx as required
• Install as a service:
  • C:\Sphinx\bin> C:\Sphinx\bin\searchd --install --config C:\Sphinx\sphinx.conf.in --servicename SphinxSearch

Once Sphinx has been installed, it will need to be configured.

Full instructions, including details on compiling Sphinx yourself, are available at http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/current.html.