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+Since monsterpits fork doesn't support elasticsearch we use the built in postgresql functions for searching.
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+To install full text search, simply run
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+psql -d mastodon_production -f search.psql
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+from the postgres user.
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+This assumes your database is called mastodon_production and you've moved the search.sql file to your postgres users home directory.
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