Typesense is an open-source search engine that provides an intuitive and fast search experience for users. In this tutorial, we will walk through how to install Typesense on Manjaro.
Before we begin with the installation, we need to ensure that our system has the following prerequisites:
Follow the below steps to install Typesense on Manjaro:
Before installing Typesense, it's essential to ensure that all packages on your system are up-to-date. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -Syy
Typesense requires the following dependencies to work correctly:
You can install these dependencies using the below command:
sudo pacman -S make gcc automake autoconf libtool curl python3
You can download the latest version of Typesense from their official website or from GitHub. In this tutorial, we'll download Typesense from their official website using the following command in your terminal:
curl -L https://dl.typesense.org/releases/0.21.0/typesense-server-0.21.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz --output typesense.tar.gz
Ensure to replace the URL with the latest version of Typesense that you want to download.
Once the download is complete, extract the Typesense tarball using the following command:
tar -xvf typesense.tar.gz
This will extract the tarball contents into a folder named typesense-server-<version>.
Before running Typesense, make sure to navigate to the typesense-server-<version> directory. Once there, run the Typesense executable file using the following command:
./typesense-server --data-dir=data
This will start the Typesense server with data stored in the data directory.
To verify that Typesense is running, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8108. You should see the Typesense dashboard, indicating that the server is running correctly.
In this tutorial, we've walked through how to install Typesense on Manjaro Linux. By following these steps, you should now be able to start using Typesense as your search engine.
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