Cool. I just wanted to mention that it wouldn't work with the knee jerk reflex of sudo apt-get install python-xapian like I tried at first.
The more I use xapian the cooler I think it is. Minus the whole license incompatibility. On 5/31/08, Olly Betts (JIRA) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-74?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12601372#action_12601372 > ] > > Olly Betts commented on COUCHDB-74: > ----------------------------------- > > You can get backported packages for x86 and x86-64 for all recent versions > of Debian and Ubuntu (including gutsy) from xapian.org - see the download > page for details. Currently these are for 1.0.5, which includes user > metadata support (which was added in 1.0.3). > >> CouchDB full text searching >> --------------------------- >> >> Key: COUCHDB-74 >> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-74 >> Project: CouchDB >> Issue Type: New Feature >> Components: Full-Text Search, HTTP Interface >> Environment: branches/lucene-search >> Reporter: Paul Joseph Davis >> Attachments: couchdb-xapian.tar.gz >> >> >> I've managed to piece enough together to get full text search working with >> xapian and python. >> You'll need to have a relatively recent version of xapian-core and >> xapian-bindings installed. I've got 1.0.6 installed. The version in Gutsy >> Gibon's repositories was too old. Specifically, there's a requirement for >> the xapian.WritableDatabase to have set_metadata. If your bindings have >> that, you should be golden. >> Basic install insructions: >> Download a fresh copy of the lucene-search branch: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/src/tmp$ svn co >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb/branches/lucene-search >> couchdb-lucene >> Unpack the tarball attached to this ticket: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/src/tmp/couchdb-lucene$ tar -cvf >> couchdb-xapian.tar.gz couchdb-xapian/ >> Apply the patch to the lucene branch: >> $ cd couchdb-lucene/ >> $ svn mv src/couchdb/couch_ft_query.erl src/couchdb/couch_query.erl >> $ patch -p0 -i ../couchdb-xapian/json_external_query_server.diff >> Build the patched version of CouchDB: >> $ ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && sudo make install >> Edit the xapian.conf: >> [couchdb] >> base_url = url of your couchdb instance. Probably http://localhost:5984/ >> index_directory = directory where the user running couchdb can write to. >> ie, /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb/xapian/ >> [index:dbname] #Dbname is the name of the database you want to index >> view=_all_docs_by_seq #The index sections aren't going to stay like this. >> This is the only view that will work correctly. >> attributes=list of document attributes to index #At the moment, you >> probably just want to stick with string args. This will be improved in the >> future. >> Copy the xapian.conf next to your couch.ini: >> $ sudo cp xapian.conf /usr/local/etc/couchdb/ >> Edit your couch.ini: >> $ sudo vi /usr/local/etc/couchdb/couch.ini >> In the [Couch] section, add the following: >> DbUpdateNotificationProcess=/path/to/couch-xapian/xapian-indexer >> ExternalQueryServer=/path/to/couch-xapian/xapian-query-server >> If your xapian.ini doesn't live at /usr/local/etc/couchdb/xapian.conf, add >> " -c /path/to/xapian.conf" to the end of both those options in couch.ini >> Lastly, fireup couchdb as usual. >> Each database/view in xapian.conf will be indexed when couchdb starts up >> and when the db changes as expected. >> To issue a query, try a url like: >> http://localhost:5984/dbname/_search?query=hello+mom >> _search parameters for xapian querying include: query, offset, limit, and >> view. (Remember we can't index views other than _all_docs_by_seq yet, so >> just ignore that for now) >> ============= >> Hopefully I didn't forget any steps in that. So the current state of >> things is that the indexing and searching work. I haven't tested things >> like languages etc yet. I have plans to make the xapian.conf file control >> all of the multitude of stuff that xapian supports. For now I was just >> going for bare bones, so don't fret if your favorite xapian feature isn't >> there yet. >> Also, the view indexing still needs work. This will probably have to wait >> until Damien gets a method to support finding only changed documents in a >> view. I don't know if I have enough erlang fu to make this work on my own. >> (I'm doubting I do) >> Also also, I'm planning on adding support for the neat xapian features >> like suggested search terms etc. I'll get to things of this nature as more >> people start using the package and I've ironed out the more major things. >> Other than that, please send feedback. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. > >
