sphinx-beta on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "sphinx-beta" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install sphinx-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                sphinx-beta
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall sphinx-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                sphinx-beta
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "sphinx-beta" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone sphinx-beta's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sphinx-beta.git 
            
                        
                ~/sphinx-beta
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/sphinx-beta folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/sphinx-beta
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sphinx-beta package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 417119
Name: sphinx-beta
PackageBaseID: 123157
PackageBase: sphinx-beta
Version: 2.3.2-1
Description: Free open-source SQL full-text search engine (SVN version, with libsphinxclient, with systemd support)
URL: http://www.sphinxsearch.com
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grevus
Submitter: grevus
FirstSubmitted: 1496663659
LastModified: 1496663659
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sphinx-beta.tar.gz