Manticore Search is an open-source full-text search engine that provides both scalability and high performance when searching through large amounts of data. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Manticore Search on Linux Mint in a few simple steps.
Follow the below instructions to install Manticore Search on your Linux Mint machine.
Before proceeding, you should have the following:
The first step is to make sure that your system is up to date. It helps to ensure that you have the latest and most up-to-date security patches and bug fixes. You can update your system using the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
The command above will update the package list and upgrade any currently installed packages.
Next, you need to download the Manticore Search package. You can do this by going to the Manticore Search website or download it from Github with the following command:
wget https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/releases/download/3.7.2/manticore-3.7.2-200721-9830884-release.x86_64.deb
Here we are downloading version 3.7.2. You may want to check for the latest release from the Manticore Search downloads page.
Now that you have obtained the Manticore Search package, you can install it on the Linux Mint. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo dpkg -i manticore-3.7.2-200721-9830884-release.x86_64.deb
The command above installs the Manticore Search package.
To verify that Manticore Search has been installed successfully, you can run the following command:
searchd -v
If the installation was successful, you should see the Manticore Search version number printed on the terminal.
If you get an error message like "searchd: command not found," it indicates that the installation was not successful.
The final step is to start the Manticore Search service and enable it so that it runs automatically during the system startup.
You can start the service with the following command:
sudo systemctl start manticore
Next, you can enable the service using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable manticore
Now, Manticore Search is installed on your Linux Mint machine, and the service has been started and enabled.
This tutorial showed you how to install Manticore Search on Linux Mint. Following the above simple steps, you can benefit from Manticore Search's high-performance search engine features.
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