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xapian local installation
apt-get install zlib1g-dev
apt-get install g++
export VENV=$VIRTUAL_ENV
mkdir $VENV/packages && cd $VENV/packages
wget http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.16/xapian-core-1.0.16.tar.gz
wget http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.16/xapian-bindings-1.0.16.tar.gz
tar xzvf xapian-core-1.0.16.tar.gz
tar xzvf xapian-bindings-1.0.16.tar.gz
cd $VENV/packages/xapian-core-1.0.16
./configure --prefix=$VENV && make && make install
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VENV/lib
export PATH=$VENV/bin:$PATH # assuming you are root
cd $VENV/packages/xapian-bindings-1.0.16
./configure --prefix=$VENV --with-python && make && make install
python -c "import xapian"
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