Comments on: Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin Computer Scientist & Software Craftstman Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon Anderson http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Gordon Anderson Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=23#comment-1207 hi Kevin I eventually switched to the xapit rails plugin, I found it more intuitive than acts as xapian to get going, and more importantly facetting was straightforward. As an example see http://www.tripodtravel.co.nz/site/photos/search/thailand which is powered by xapit - I need to sanitize the number of different values of focal lengths and shutter speeds though (e.g. wide angle, normal, telephoto for focal length instead of the individual focal lengths) Cheers Gordon hi Kevin

I eventually switched to the xapit rails plugin, I found it more intuitive than acts as xapian to get going, and more importantly facetting was straightforward. As an example see http://www.tripodtravel.co.nz/site/photos/search/thailand which is powered by xapit – I need to sanitize the number of different values of focal lengths and shutter speeds though (e.g. wide angle, normal, telephoto for focal length instead of the individual focal lengths)

Cheers

Gordon

]]> By: Gordon Anderson http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Gordon Anderson Tue, 11 May 2010 15:56:48 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=23#comment-1204 hi Kevin Thanks for the pointers - I found a couple of problems with later versions of Rails (2.3.5) and Xapain (1.0.20) which I've managed to resolve 1) In .bashrc export RUBYLIB="/home/tripodwww/my_ruby_modules/:$RUBYLIB" This allows rake creation and updates for xapian indexes to work 2) In config/environment.rb config.load_paths += %W( /home/tripodwww/my_ruby_modules ) This appears to be slightly different syntax from your example, but things in Rails world do move. It fixes path issues with passenger so that Xapian works for searching within a Rails app on Dreamhost Cheers Gordon hi Kevin

Thanks for the pointers – I found a couple of problems with later versions of Rails (2.3.5) and Xapain (1.0.20) which I’ve managed to resolve

1) In .bashrc
export RUBYLIB=”/home/tripodwww/my_ruby_modules/:$RUBYLIB”

This allows rake creation and updates for xapian indexes to work

2) In config/environment.rb

config.load_paths += %W( /home/tripodwww/my_ruby_modules )

This appears to be slightly different syntax from your example, but things in Rails world do move. It fixes path issues with passenger so that Xapian works for searching within a Rails app on Dreamhost

Cheers

Gordon

]]> By: KrisBelucci http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-909 KrisBelucci Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:12:57 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=23#comment-909 Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me! Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

]]> By: kevincolyar http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-4 kevincolyar Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:32:59 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=23#comment-4 I don't know why it's looking for _xapian.so. My install doesnt have an underscore. Maybe try a symbolic link to the correct file? I don’t know why it’s looking for _xapian.so. My install doesnt have an underscore. Maybe try a symbolic link to the correct file?

]]> By: Matt http://kevin.colyar.net/2008/08/installing-xapian-on-dreamhost-for-the-rails-acts_as_xapian-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Matt Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:39:05 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=23#comment-3 Hi Kevin, I am trying to get xapian and acts_as_xapian installed in my app. I can get it just fine locally, but not on my dreamhost server. I have been followed your instructions to a T multiple times but am still not getting it working. Everything compiles fine and I think all the required files get installed as there are no errors during the make and make install. When I try to rebuild the index, is is squaking about not finding the _xapian.so file, but it is there! [ps6736]$ ls /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so I have tried changing permission on that file: [ps6736]$ ls -la /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 mconeybeare pg1243896 1753384 Jan 17 01:37 /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so I made sure that the path (/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/) is included in my [ps6736]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib:/home/mconeybeare/run/lib:/home/mconeybeare/opt/lib:/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules: and I have the step 5 code in environment.rb Can you help me? Here is the exact error message: -------------------------------- [ps6736]$ rake xapian:rebuild_index models="Sound" RAILS_ENV=production --trace (in /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227) acts_as_xapian: No Ruby bindings for Xapian installed ** Invoke xapian:rebuild_index (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment acts_as_xapian: No Ruby bindings for Xapian installed ** Execute xapian:rebuild_index rake aborted! /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so /home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:507:in `new_constants_in' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/xapian.rb:40 /home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' /home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:507:in `new_constants_in' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:254:in `require_or_load' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:413:in `load_missing_constant' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:77:in `const_missing' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:89:in `const_missing' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:425:in `load_missing_constant' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:77:in `const_missing' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/lib/acts_as_xapian.rb:105:in `prepare_environment' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/lib/acts_as_xapian.rb:535:in `rebuild_index' /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/tasks/xapian.rake:25 /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:617:in `call' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:617:in `execute' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:612:in `each' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:612:in `execute' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:578:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:571:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:564:in `invoke' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2019:in `invoke_task' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `top_level' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `each' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `top_level' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2036:in `standard_exception_handling' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1991:in `top_level' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1970:in `run' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2036:in `standard_exception_handling' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1967:in `run' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/bin/rake:31 /home/mconeybeare/.gems/bin/rake:19:in `load' /home/mconeybeare/.gems/bin/rake:19 Thanks, Matt Hi Kevin,

I am trying to get xapian and acts_as_xapian installed in my app. I can get it just fine locally, but not on my dreamhost server. I have been followed your instructions to a T multiple times but am still not getting it working. Everything compiles fine and I think all the required files get installed as there are no errors during the make and make install.

When I try to rebuild the index, is is squaking about not finding the _xapian.so file, but it is there!
[ps6736]$ ls /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so
/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so

I have tried changing permission on that file:
[ps6736]$ ls -la /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mconeybeare pg1243896 1753384 Jan 17 01:37 /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so

I made sure that the path (/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/) is included in my
[ps6736]$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib:/home/mconeybeare/run/lib:/home/mconeybeare/opt/lib:/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules:

and I have the step 5 code in environment.rb

Can you help me?

Here is the exact error message:
——————————–
[ps6736]$ rake xapian:rebuild_index models=”Sound” RAILS_ENV=production –trace
(in /home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227)
acts_as_xapian: No Ruby bindings for Xapian installed
** Invoke xapian:rebuild_index (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
acts_as_xapian: No Ruby bindings for Xapian installed
** Execute xapian:rebuild_index
rake aborted!
/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory – /home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so
/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/_xapian.so
/home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:507:in `new_constants_in’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/opt/my_ruby_modules/xapian.rb:40
/home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require’
/home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:507:in `new_constants_in’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:254:in `require_or_load’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:413:in `load_missing_constant’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:77:in `const_missing’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:89:in `const_missing’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:425:in `load_missing_constant’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:77:in `const_missing’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/lib/acts_as_xapian.rb:105:in `prepare_environment’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/lib/acts_as_xapian.rb:535:in `rebuild_index’
/home/mconeybeare/ambiance.coneybeare.net/apps/ambiance/releases/20090117082227/vendor/plugins/acts_as_xapian/tasks/xapian.rake:25
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:617:in `call’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:617:in `execute’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:612:in `each’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:612:in `execute’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:578:in `invoke_with_call_chain’
/home/mconeybeare/.packages/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:571:in `invoke_with_call_chain’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:564:in `invoke’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2019:in `invoke_task’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `top_level’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `each’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1997:in `top_level’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2036:in `standard_exception_handling’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1991:in `top_level’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1970:in `run’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:2036:in `standard_exception_handling’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake.rb:1967:in `run’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/gems/rake-0.8.3/bin/rake:31
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/bin/rake:19:in `load’
/home/mconeybeare/.gems/bin/rake:19

Thanks,
Matt

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