How to Install and Uninstall sphinx Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "sphinx" package

This tutorial shows how to install sphinx on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install sphinx

2. Uninstall "sphinx" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sphinx on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove sphinx

3. Information about the sphinx package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package sphinx:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : sphinx
Version : 2.2.11-9.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 9.4 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : sphinx-2.2.11-9.2.src
Upstream URL : https://sphinxsearch.com/
Summary : SQL full-text search engine
Description :
Sphinx is a standalone search engine providing size-efficient and
relevant full-text search functions to other applications. Sphinx
integrates with SQL databases and scripting languages.
Data source drivers support fetching data either via direct
connection to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or from a pipe in a custom XML
format.
The Search API is natively ported to PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Java,
and also available as a pluggable MySQL storage engine.
Sphinx is an acronym which is officially decoded as SQL Phrase Index.