INSTALLATION On Debian Lenny Base install apt-get install php5-xapian (you need version 1.x of Xapian here - check xapian.org for older Deb/Ub) two bugs: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493944 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493941 on dokeos root: mkdir searchdb chmod 777 searchdb (or equivalent) Useful xapian development tools apt-get install xapian-doc xapian-tools (See delve command) On Ubuntu 8.10 Chamilo 1.8.8 + XAPIAN in Ubuntu 10.10 1. Activate the search module setting in main/admin/settings.php?category=Search 2. Go to main/admin/specific_fields.php and Specific fields (Those are text fields that will be add in documents, exercises, links in order to index data) i.e i.e. Author, Body part, Technology, Topic 3. Go to main/admin/settings.php?category=Search and set a Specific field by default 4. Install the Xapian module for PHP5 sudo apt-get install php5-xapian 5. Install the imagemagick modules sudo apt-get install imagemagick sudo apt-get install php5-imagick 6. In Chamilo root mkdir searchdb sudo chmod 777 searchdb 7. Useful Xapian development tools sudo apt-get install xapian-doc xapian-tools 8. Restart Apache 9. Create a course and 2 *new* Learning paths for testing 10.Edit the LPs created and add/edit the specific fields (i.e. Author, Body part, Technology, Topic) 11.Go to the