FAQ
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This FAQ is about ferret, the ruby search engine library based on Apache Lucene. Please refer to the acts_as_ferret Homepage for Questions regarding the rails plugin.
- Installation:
- How do I install ferret?
- How do I uninstall ferret?
- How can I use a different version of Ferret?
- RubyGems did not compile the c-extension on my OS, but I want to use …
- How can I use the "ruby only" version of ferret?
- How can I install the bleeding edge version of Ferret as a gem?
- After running 'gem install ferret' successfully, I get the error message …
- After running 'gem install ferret' successfully, I get the error message …
- Indexing:
- How do I switch off stop-word removal?
- How do you create the first index?
- What is the default fieldinfo?
- Can I add new fields after I've created the FieldInfos?
- What happens if I add new Fields to the Index later on?
- What happens if I try to add a Field to the index, that is already in …
- Is there a way to optimize the Index?
- How to index all files under a directory?
- How to index an IMAP directory?
- How can I crawl external content and add it to my index?
- How to remove all documents from index?
- Can I use an index that was build with Lucene?
- How to use Ferret on an Existing Java Lucene Index?
