How To Install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8. sphinx-java is Java API for Sphinx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `sphinx-java`

This package provides the Java API for Sphinx, the free, open-source full-text search engine, designed with indexing database content in mind.

We can use yum or dnf to install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sphinx-java.

Install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sphinx-java using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sphinx-java

Install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sphinx-java using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sphinx-java

How To Uninstall sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sphinx-java package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sphinx-java

sphinx-java Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/sphinx-java
/usr/share/doc/sphinx-java/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sphinx-java/README
/usr/share/java/sphinx.jar
/usr/share/java/sphinxapi.jar

References

sphinx-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-java on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.