First of all, if you haven't heard of [Meta]Tracker, you should check it out. It is a very light and fast replacement for Beagle, and will hopefully be included in Gnome 2.18. However, the version on that page is a little old, and although a new version will be out soon, this howto will help you stay up-to-date on the latest great features .
First of all, you will need some basic tools and packages to build Tracker:
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev autotools-dev automake1.9 autoconf libextractor-dev libmysqlclient15-dev libssl-dev libpango1.0-dev libwrap0-dev cvs
Now that you have all the dependencies, go ahead and download the source into a new folder:
Code:
svn co http://svn.gnome.org/svn/tracker/trunk tracker
cd tracker
You can now read the README and other docs. Check out a tutorial on CVS to find out how to keep up to date with the latest updates.
Now we can actually build and install Tracker:
Code:
autoreconf -fvi
./configure
make
sudo make install
This will install all files into /usr/local. To uninstall it, run
Code:
sudo make uninstall
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You may need to add the new library location to the system. To do this, open (or create) the file '/etc/ld.so.conf' and (if it's not there already) add a line with the text '/usr/local/lib'. This will allow Ubuntu to find the new libraries. Then run to reload them.
To start Tracker, type ALT+F2 and type 'trackerd'. You can view its progress by issuing 'tail -f ~/.Tracker/tracker.log'. Congrats, Tracker is now indexing your home directory!
You can configure Tracker by editing the file '~/.Tracker/tracker.cfg'. Add folders you want to watch to 'WatchDirectoryRoots', and folders you want to ignore to 'NoWatchDirectory'.
To search for files from the command line, type 'tracker-search search terms'.
If you want Tracker to start each time you log in, do the following:
- Click "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Sessions"
- Click the startup programs tab
- Click the add button and type "trackerd" as the name of the program.
Adding Nautilus support will come to a HowTo near you later .
Please post all questions and comments here!
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