一.下载安装Sphinx:
wget http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-0.9.9.tar.gz
tar xzvf sphinx-0.9.9.tar.gz
cd sphinx-0.9.9
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sphinx
sudo make && make install
二.启动sphinx的searchd服务:
(1).配置sphinx.conf
cd /usr/local/sphinx/etc
cp sphinx.conf.dist sphinx.conf
(2).导入自带的测试数据
mysql -u test < /usr/local/sphinx/etc/example.sql
(3).给数据做索引
/usr/local/sphinx/bin/indexer
(4).启动searchd服务
/usr/local/sphinx/bin/searchd
(5).测试全文索引
/usr/local/sphinx/bin/search test
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