Welcome to the PyLucene project

PyLucene is a Python extension for accessing Java Lucene. Its goal is to allow you to use Lucene's text indexing and searching capabilities from Python. It is designed to be API compatible with the latest version of Java Lucene, version 2.3.1 as of Feb 26, 2008.

PyLucene is built with JCC, a C++ code generator that makes it possible to call into Java classes from Python via Java's Native Invocation Interface (JNI). PyLucene with JCC can be used with any java runtime environment implementing the JNI.

The older PyLucene built with GCJ, the GNU Java compiler has been deprecated as of PyLucene 2.3.0.

PyLucene is supported on Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and Windows. Some binaries for PyLucene are available below. See the INSTALL file for information about building PyLucene from sources. See the README file for information and documentation about PyLucene.

Downloads

Sources
- PyLucene with JCC
  PyLucene with JCC requires a JDK, Ant and Python 2.3.5 or higher. Sources for JCC are included in the source tarballs.
  For more details, please refer to INSTALL.
- PyLucene with GCJ (deprecated as of PyLucene 2.3.0)
  As of release 2.0, SWIG is no longer required. To build earlier versions, SWIG 1.3.24 is required. Newer versions of SWIG are known not to work. For more details, please refer to INSTALL. The source distribution contains all required jar and header files such that a JDK is not required.
Binaries for PyLucene with JCC
It is much easier to build PyLucene with JCC than with GCJ. The binaries below were built and offered up for download by PyLucene users. If you have a binary distribution you'd like to have added to the list below, please send a message to pylucene-dev.
- An egg for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard, Intel, Python 2.5) is available here.
- Binary packages for Ubuntu 7.10 are available here.
- A Windows build is available here.
- A Solaris build is available here.
Binaries for PyLucene with GCJ (deprecated as of version 2.3.0)
- Mac OS X (Intel)
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.10 with a patched gcj 4.0.2 and Python 2.5.1
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built by Bill Janssen on Mac OS X 10.4.10 with a patched gcj 4.0.2 and Python 2.3.5
  - version 2.1.0-2 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.8 with a patched gcj 4.0.2 and Python 2.5
  - version 2.0.0-3 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.8 with a patched gcj 4.0.2 and Python 2.4.3
- Mac OS X (Power PC)
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built by Bill Janssen on Mac OS X 10.4.10 with gcj 3.4.4 and Python 2.3.5
  - version 2.1.0-2 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.8 with gcj 3.4.4 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 2.0.0-3 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.8 with gcj 3.4.4 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 1.9.1 was built on Mac OS X 10.4.5 with gcj 3.4.4, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.2
  - version 1.0.1 was built on Mac OS X 10.3.9 with gcj 3.4.4, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.1
- Linux (Ubuntu 7.04)
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) with gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.5.1
- Linux (Ubuntu 6.06)
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built on Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) with gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 2.1.0-2 was built on Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) with gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 2.0.0-3 was built on Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) with gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
- Linux (Ubuntu 64)
  - version 2.1.0-1 was built on an x86-64 system running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) with the 20061121 gcj 4.2.0 snapshot and Python 2.4.4c1. This release is experimental.
  - version 2.0.0-5 was built on an x86-64 system running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) with the 20061121 gcj 4.2.0 snapshot and Python 2.4.4c1. This release is experimental.
- Linux (Gentoo)
  - version 2.1.0-1 was built on Gentoo 2005.2 with a gcj 4.2.0 snapshot and Python 2.4.2
  - version 2.0.0-3 was built on Gentoo 2005.2 with a patched gcj 4.1.0 and Python 2.4.2
  - version 1.9.1 was built on Gentoo 2005.2 with gcj 3.4.4, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.0
  - version 1.0.1 was built on Gentoo 2005.2 with gcj 3.4.4, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.0
- Linux (Debian)
  - packages for version 1.9.1 are available for Debian Stable (Sarge).
- Linux (Centos)
  - RPM packages for version 2.2.0-2.svn338 are available from Felix Schwarz for x86_64 Centos 5.
- Windows
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built on Windows 2000 with mingw/gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 2.2.0-1 was built by Charles on Windows with mingw/gcj 3.4.5 and Python 2.5
  - version 2.1.0-2 was built by Krys Wilken on Windows XP with mingw/gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.5
  - version 2.1.0-1 was built on Windows 2000 with mingw/gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 2.0.0-8 was built on Windows 2000 with mingw/gcj 3.4.6 and Python 2.4.3
  - version 1.9.1 was built on Windows 2000 with mingw/gcj 3.4.2, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.2
  - version 1.0.1 was built on Windows 2000 with mingw/gcj 3.4.2, SWIG 1.3.24 and Python 2.4.2

Subversion Repository

Development trunk
The development trunk is at http://svn.osafoundation.org/pylucene/trunk/jcc and is based on Java Lucene 2.4.0.
Release 2.3 maintenance branch
The release-2.3 maintenance branch is at http://svn.osafoundation.org/pylucene/branches/release-2.3 and is based on Java Lucene 2.3.2.

If you need a Subversion client, go to the main Subversion site.

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