Sphinx cannot be found on your system (OSX)

I recently installed sphinx, mysql etc. and everything works fine as well. However, I always get the message: Sphinx cannot be found on your system. You may need to configure the following settings in your config/sphinx.yml file: bin_path searchd_binary_name indexer_binary_name For more information, read the documentation: I configured the bin_path in sphinx.yml to development: bin_path: … Read more

Installing Sphinx (2.0.1.beta) –with-mysql fails

I am trying to install sphinx on my centOS 5.6 x64 if I do yum install sphinx I get only 0.9,9 version, and I’d like to install 2.0.1-beta so I followed the instructions in their documentation and I downloaded source tarball and run ./configure –with-mysql I am getting an error that cannot find mysql include … Read more

How to add dynamic code/ruby code inside .conf file

I’m using Sphinx search engine for my application, and I would like to add ruby code inside the sphinx.conf file to update some values dynamically based on my application server hostname? Is it possible to execute the ruby code inside sphinx.conf? Something like below { type = mysql sql_host = testHost sql_user = test sql_pass … Read more

sphinx 0.9.9 runs slower than 0.9.8

After upgrade of sphinx from 0.9.8 to 0.9.9 we ran into serious problems with performance. Searchd works on EC2 large instance. Queries started to work much slower and i often could see Z (zombie) searchd processes in top. I expect this may be related to full-scan queries. Did anyone experience anything like this? Answer We … Read more

MySQL error: Can’t find symbol ‘_mysql_plugin_interface_version_’ in library

The boring, necessary details: I’m on Snow Leopard running MySQL locally. I’m trying to install the Sphinx engine for MySQL like so: mysql> install plugin sphinx soname ‘sphinx.so’; ERROR 1127 (HY000): Can’t find symbol ‘_mysql_plugin_interface_version_’ in library I’ve Googled everywhere and can’t seem to find an actual solution to this problem. For example this issue … Read more

Failed Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.15 as part of Sphinx Install

I’m running CentOS 5.7 and trying to install Sphinx Search but keep receiving missing dependency errors. $ yum install sphinx … Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.15 is needed by package sphinx-0.9.8.1-3.el5.i386 (epel) Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.15(libmysqlclient_15) is needed by package sphinx-0.9.8.1-3.el5.i386 (epel) …. I have libmysqlclient.so.16 as part of MySQL / MySQL-devel. My Question: Is there … Read more

Install Sphinx Search on my Virtual Private Server

I’m trying to install sphinxsearch on a Virtual Private Server that is running Debian GNU/Linux. It seems to depend on upstart-job. Here is the output I get when I try and run the installer. [ps64518]$ sudo dpkg -i sphinxsearch_2.0.4-oneric_amd64.deb Selecting previously deselected package sphinxsearch. (Reading database … 149083 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sphinxsearch … Read more