Title: [Plugin: WordPress Sphinx Search Plugin] sphinx installation failed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Sphinx Search Plugin] sphinx installation failed

 *  Resolved [Nithin K Varrier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nithin270/)
 * (@nithin270)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-sphinx-search-plugin-sphinx-installation-failed/)
 * I got This error :
    Installation: Archive extracting failed: sphinx-0.9.9.tar.
   gz ! Command: tar xzf C:\xampp\htdocs\wowelle/wp-content/uploads/sphinx/sphinx-
   0.9.9.tar.gz -C C:\xampp\htdocs\wowelle/wp-content/uploads/sphinx
 * please rply
    Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/)

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 *  [Anthony Somerset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonysomerset/)
 * (@anthonysomerset)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-sphinx-search-plugin-sphinx-installation-failed/#post-2938635)
 * your trying to download and compile source on windows, of course its going to
   fail out of the box, you will likely have to manually install sphinx on windows
   first and use the plugin without letting it isntall sphinx
 *  Thread Starter [Nithin K Varrier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nithin270/)
 * (@nithin270)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-sphinx-search-plugin-sphinx-installation-failed/#post-2938642)
 * Thanks Anthony, I did this. But I can’t use this plugin with Buddypress. This
   Plugin perfectly working in WordPress, but when I activate Buddypress plugin 
   It doesn’t work. Please help
    Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [Nithin K Varrier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nithin270/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-sphinx-search-plugin-sphinx-installation-failed/#post-2938642)
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