Thread:Extension talk:SphinxSearch/== Usage with Sphinx 2.0.4/reply (3)

That's my experience too. The "search" command line function from 2.0.4 (built from source) and 2.0.5 (both built from source and installed from deb) gives "index 'wiki_main': search error: ." if any search terms at all are entered on the command line. However the "searchd" daemon and the MW extension which relies on that work. So the instructions to use "search" to test the installation currently lead to a dead end. Still, "search" is only a test utility, not meant for use once it's in production.