Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 2021-04-13

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Xapian-1.4.18

Introduction to xapian

Xapian is an open source search engine library.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

Xapian Dependencies

Optional

Valgrind-3.17.0 (for tests)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xapian

Installation of Xapian

Install Xapian by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xapian-core-1.4.18 &&
make

To run the test suite, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: copydatabase, quest, simpleexpand, simpleindex, simplesearch, xapian-check, xapian-compact, xapian-config, xapian-delve, xapian-metadata, xapian-pos, xapian-progsrv, xapian-replicate, xapian-replicate-server and xapian-tcpsrv
Installed Libraries: libxapian.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/xapian, /usr/lib/cmake/xapian, /usr/share/doc/xapian-core-1.4.18, and /usr/share/xapian-core

Short Descriptions

copydatabase

performs a document-by-document copy of one or more Xapian databases

quest

is a command line tool to search through a database

simpleexpand

is a simple example program demonstrating query expansion

simpleindex

indexes each paragraph of a text file as a Xapian document

simplesearch

is a simple command line search utility

xapian-check

checks the consistency of a database or table

xapian-compact

compacts a database, or merges and compacts several databases

xapian-config

reports information about the installed xapian

xapian-delve

inspects the contents of a Xapian database

xapian-metadata

reads and writes user metadata

xapian-pos

inspects the contents of a flint table for development or debugging

xapian-progsrv

is a remote server for use with ProgClient

xapian-replicate

replicates a database from a master server to a local copy

xapian-replicate-server

services database replication requests from clients

xapian-tcpsrv

is the TCP daemon for use with Xapian's remote backend

Last updated on 2021-04-05 07:36:04 -0500