# Install required packages apt-get build-dep dovecot-core apt-get install dovecot-dev libxapian-dev git libxapian30 libicu-dev # Clone the project git clone https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian cd fts-xapian # Compile (don't install) autoreconf -vi ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot make # install library found under src/.libs cp src/.libs/lib21_fts_xapian_plugin.so /usr/lib/dovecot/modules