How-to Install Apache Solr 4 Search Server on Mac 10.9 Mavericks OS X

Mac 10.9 Mavericks Apache Solr 4 Quick-Start Guide

The Tutorial Show How-to Quick-Start with Apache Solr 4 Search Server on Mac 10.9 Mavericks 32/64bit.

Apache Solr is an industrial-strength, high performance, thread-safe search server based on Apache Lucene.

Solr uses Lucene under the covers to provide the most powerful full text search capabilities available in any open source product.

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1. Download Latest Apache Solr Server Release:

   Get Solr 4+ .tgz

   Browse for the Latest Solr .tgz Release.

2. Double-Click on Apache Solr .tgz Archive to Extract:

3. Open Terminal Window

   

4. Relocate Solr Folder:

   sudo mkdir /opt

   sudo mv /Users/<myUser>/solr* /opt/

5. How-to Install Required Oracle JDK 7 on Mac OS X:

   Install Oracle JDK7 for Mac

   Installing Oracle JDK7 on Mac.

6. Running Solr on Jetty Container

   cd /opt/solr*/example

   sudo java -jar start.jar

7. Access Solr Admin Backend on Browser

   http://localhost:8983/solr/

8. How-to Quick-Start with Solr Search on Linux:

   Solr Queries Quick-Start

   Solr Searching Quick-Start for Linux.