Building Sphinx Search from Sources on Ubuntu
Get the Source Code from the Repo
svn checkout http://sphinxsearch.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ sphinxsearch
Install additional Software
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
Configure and Compile
cd sphinxsearch ./configure make sudo checkinstall
Sucessfull Compiled, Builded and Tested on Ubuntu Thirsty
********************************************************************** Done. The new package has been installed and saved to /home/***/sphinxsearch/sphinx_0-1_i386.deb You can remove it from your system anytime using: dpkg -r sphinx **********************************************************************