Sphinx cannot be found on your system (OSX)

Question

I recently installed sphinx, mysql etc. and everything works fine as well. However, I always get the message:

Sphinx cannot be found on your system. You may need to configure the following settings in your config/sphinx.yml file:

• bin_path
• searchd_binary_name
• indexer_binary_name

For more information, read the documentation:

I configured the bin_path in sphinx.yml to

development:
  bin_path: '/usr/local/bin'
  searchd_binary_name: 'searchd'
  indexer_binary_name: 'indexer'

With no success. How can I get rid of that message?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Setting the bin_path ought to do the trick. You shouldn't need to specify the commands.

If you installed with mac ports, sphinx may be in /opt/local/bin

Try a 'locate searchd' from the command line to make sure you are looking in the right place.