Comments for Kevin Colyar http://kevin.colyar.net Computer Scientist & Software Craftstman Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin 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

]]> Comment on Getting Started With iCuke by Rob Holland http://kevin.colyar.net/2010/06/getting-started-with-icuke/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Rob Holland Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:48:57 +0000 http://kevin.colyar.net/?p=358#comment-1206 Thanks for writing this. From iCuke version 0.5.5 onward I've removed the need to enable the Accessibility Inspector by hand, so give that a go, see how you get on. I also plan to add a simple generator al la Rails to do the basic cucumber setup for a new application, should be landing soon. Thanks for writing this. From iCuke version 0.5.5 onward I’ve removed the need to enable the Accessibility Inspector by hand, so give that a go, see how you get on.

I also plan to add a simple generator al la Rails to do the basic cucumber setup for a new application, should be landing soon.

]]> Comment on Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin 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

]]> Comment on Installing Ruby Oracle Libraries on Cygwin, OSX, and Linux. by Kevin Colyar http://kevin.colyar.net/2009/07/installing-ruby-oracle-libraries-on-cygwin-osx-and-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Kevin Colyar Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:36:08 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=69#comment-1197 No problem, let me know if I can help. No problem, let me know if I can help.

]]> Comment on Installing Ruby Oracle Libraries on Cygwin, OSX, and Linux. by Bruno http://kevin.colyar.net/2009/07/installing-ruby-oracle-libraries-on-cygwin-osx-and-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Bruno Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:17:47 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=69#comment-1196 Thank you for sharing! I need to setup a rails application using oracle database on a 64 bits linux and it's not an easy task... I'm facing some problems, hope your project will be my solution! Really nice thing you've done, doing a rake file for this! Thank you for sharing! I need to setup a rails application using oracle database on a 64 bits linux and it’s not an easy task… I’m facing some problems, hope your project will be my solution!

Really nice thing you’ve done, doing a rake file for this!

]]> Comment on The Browser Inbox by From the Browser Inbox « Kevin Colyar http://kevin.colyar.net/2009/09/the-browser-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 From the Browser Inbox « Kevin Colyar Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:29:04 +0000 http://blog.kevin.colyar.net/?p=145#comment-1116 [...] Here’s a few better-than-most links that were thrown into my browser inbox. [...] [...] Here’s a few better-than-most links that were thrown into my browser inbox. [...]

]]> Comment on About by kevin k. http://kevin.colyar.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-934 kevin k. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:40:39 +0000 http://www.blog.kevin.colyar.net/?page_id=2#comment-934 looking for programmer to complete RETS intergration/website for real estate. have feed, but need help. let me know if you are interested. looking for programmer to complete RETS intergration/website for real estate. have feed, but need help.

let me know if you are interested.

]]> Comment on Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin 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!

]]> Comment on Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin 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?

]]> Comment on Installing xapian on Dreamhost for the rails acts_as_xapian plugin 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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