If you're not using Drupal, understand that Solr is an *engine*, not a full application. You download solr from the website and install it, which is just basically unpacking it and executing "ant -jar start.jar". From there you send documents to Solr (there are a number of ways to accomplish this).
OK, now you have data in the system. You then fire queries via HTTP requests and get back XML (or JSON, or PHP-friendly or RUBY friendly) output. At this point, your application has to take that data and form it into whatever is necessary to interact with the user. Your best bet would be to follow the tutorial. Here's the top-level Solr website: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ Here's the tutorial: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/tutorial.html I suspect that once you've worked through some of that, you'll have more questions and we can go from there. Best Erick On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Peter Wolanin <peter.wola...@acquia.com> wrote: > Assuming you are using Drupal for the website, you can have Solr set > up and integrated with Drupal in < 5 minutes for local development > purposes. > > See: https://drupal.org/node/1358710 for a pre-configured download. > > -Peter > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Achebe, Ike, JCL > <ache...@jocolibrary.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> My name is Ike Achebe and I am a Developer Analyst with the Johnson County >> Library. I'm actually researching better and less expensive alternatives to >> "Google Appliance Search " , which is currently our search engine. >> Fortunately, I have come across a variety of blogs recommending Lucene/Solr >> as one of the best if not the best open source search engine. >> Fortunately, I have read a few articles and documentations about Solr, >> however , I'm still in awe as to how to go about installing and integrating >> this search engine. >> Could you in simple terms intimate me on how to go about acquiring or >> subscribing to solr? >> Thank You. >> Sincerely, >> Ike Achebe > > > > -- > Peter M. Wolanin, Ph.D. : Momentum Specialist, Acquia. Inc. > peter.wola...@acquia.com : 781-313-8322 > > "Get a free, hosted Drupal 7 site: http://www.drupalgardens.com";
