The linked .zip contains only the essential files needed to run Solr 4.6.0 locally for development and testing with the Apache Solr Search Integration module.

Download the ZIP file

It is a 29 MB download instead of the approx 132 MB download of the full release. Download and unzip it in any convenient location This saves you the first several steps.

the solr/conf directory has the Drupal module configuration files from the (upcoming) apachesolr 7.x-1.7 module release (schema name ="drupal-4.2-solr-4.x").

the multicore directories core0 and core1 have the same conf files (suitable for apachesolr 7.x-1.x or 6.x-3.x)

To start solr with a single core for use with Drupal 7.x-1.x, just run:

java -jar start.jar

To run multicore with the 2 configured cores run:

java -Dsolr.solr.home=multicore -jar start.jar

In either case, then navigate to: http://localhost:8983/solr/

For more details see: http://www.nickveenhof.be/blog/simple-guide-install-apache-solr-3x-drupal-7

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Begun commented

Thanks for this download, it is a great help. Is it possible to modify this so that the Solr admin page is accessible via an external IP address? It would be great to include some instructions on how to do this for those who need to run solr on a non-local developement server.