How To Install xapian-omega on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-omega on Ubuntu.

What is `xapian-omega`

xapian-omega is:

This package contains:

the “omega” CGI application which provides a customisable web interface for searching Xapian databases.
the “omindex” tool for indexing a directory tree of documents into a Xapian database in a form suitable for searching with omega.
the “scriptindex” indexer, which takes a simple text input format representing documents as a set of fields, together with an “index script” file specifying actions to be performed on each field, and indexes the documents into a Xapian database.
some example scripts for converting data from different sources into a form suitable for processing with “scriptindex”.

There are three methods to install xapian-omega on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xapian-omega Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xapian-omega using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xapian-omega

Install xapian-omega Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xapian-omega using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xapian-omega

Install xapian-omega Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install xapian-omega using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xapian-omega

How To Uninstall xapian-omega on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xapian-omega package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xapian-omega

Uninstall xapian-omega And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xapian-omega and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xapian-omega

Remove xapian-omega Configurations and Data

To remove xapian-omega configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xapian-omega

Remove xapian-omega configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xapian-omega configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xapian-omega

Dependencies

xapian-omega have the following dependencies:

References

xapian-omega website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-omega package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.