# Thinking sphinx problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 20, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103 "2008-12-20T18:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103/1 "2008-12-20T18:48:29Z")

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a beginner quesition.

i can not start the sphinx service. i type rake thinking\_sphinx:start  
and it gives me the following

searchd --config …/config/development.sphinx.conf  
Failed to start searchd daemon. Check …/log/searchd.log.

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103/2 "2008-12-20T18:50:50Z")

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i forgot to mention that the log file is not being created and the  
permission on the file is to all.

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103/3 "2008-12-22T15:50:42Z")

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anyone with ideas on this?

On Dec 20, 12:50 pm, “tashfeen.ekram” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-problem/156103/4 "2009-01-15T18:13:51Z")

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Hi there  
You need to install the ThinkingSphinx binary, not just the plugin.  
Head to :  
[http://ts.freelancing-gods.com/usage.html](http://ts.freelancing-gods.com/usage.html)  
where you will find the links to download page. Follow the  
instructions and you shouldn’t have the same issue.  
I just got over this myself.  
Hope this helps.  
Dave

On Dec 20 2008, 5:48 pm, “tashfeen.ekram” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)