Typesense is an open-source search engine that is designed to be fast, easy to use, and reliable. It can be used to power search functionality for e-commerce websites, aggregators, and other applications. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Typesense on MXLinux Latest.
Before you can install Typesense on MXLinux, you need to install some dependencies. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libjemalloc-dev
To install Typesense, you will need to download the latest release from the Typesense website. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
wget https://dl.typesense.org/releases/0.21.0/typesense-server-0.21.0-linux_amd64.tar.gz
Once the file has finished downloading, you can extract the contents using the following command:
tar -xzf typesense-server-0.21.0-linux_amd64.tar.gz
Next, you need to move the extracted directory to your /usr/local directory:
sudo mv typesense-server /usr/local
Lastly, you need to set the correct permissions for the typesense executable:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/typesense-server
Before you can start using Typesense, you need to configure it by creating a typesense.ini file. You can create this file using your preferred text editor.
sudo nano /usr/local/typesense-server/typesense.ini
Once you have your text editor open, you need to add the following content to your typesense.ini file:
[data-dir]
dir="/usr/local/typesense-server/data"
[listen]
host="0.0.0.0"
port="8108"
[log]
level="warn"
output="stdout"
[metrics]
enabled=true
port="8107"
You can start Typesense by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo /usr/local/typesense-server/typesense-server --config /usr/local/typesense-server/typesense.ini
Once Typesense has started, you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:8108 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Typesense on MXLinux Latest. By following these steps, you should now have a working install of Typesense ready to use. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, please refer to the Typesense documentation or seek assistance from the Typesense community.
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