Solr Error "no segments* file found in NRTCachingDirectory"

Question

I'm new to ruby on rails, and I am toying around with the Sunspot_Rails Gem.

My gemfile looks like this

gem "sunspot_rails"

group :development do
   gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.8'
   gem 'better_errors'
   gem 'binding_of_caller'
   gem 'sunspot_solr'
end 

I followed the instructions on github for quick start. I start solr with

bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:start

Then I start my rails server.

rails s

The pages load, but when I try to add an instance of a class through localhost, I get an error

RSolr::Error::Http at /dogs 
RSolr::Error::Http - 500 Internal Server Error
Error: {'responseHeader'=>{'status'=>500,'QTime'=>3},'error'=>{'msg'=>'no segments* file        found in NRTCachingDirectory(org.apache.lucene.store.NIOFSDirectory@/Users/ShiftedRec/whosthedee/solr/development/data/index lockFactory=org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory@170ad173; maxCacheMB=48.0 maxMergeSizeMB=4.0): files: [write.lock]','trace'=>'org.apache.lucene.index.IndexNotFoundException: no segments* file found in 

The only thing i've seen that on the internet that relates to this is

http://www.garysieling.com/blog/fixing-solr-error-no-segments-file-found-in-nrtcachingdirectory

What the heck am I doing wrong?

Thanks...

Answer 1

If you get this error - just clean and fresh install..fixed fo rme