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Thread: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

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    HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    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
    .

    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
    Code:
    sudo ldconfig
    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!
    Last edited by sciyoshi; January 11th, 2007 at 12:00 PM. Reason: updated to gnome svn

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    The current cvs has a debian package directory so rather than doing a local install you can just do

    Code:
    dpkg-buildpackage -r fakeroot
    and then install the resulting package.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    Will someone just post a .deb for those of us who don't want to install all the development packages?

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    What features does this offer over the previous/older versions of tracker?

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    sorry, double post.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    The new version of Tracker provides a bunch of improvements and bug fixes, see the changelog:

    http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/*checko...cker/ChangeLog

    Last release was in May, so everything since then is new. A new version will be out soon though, so those of you who want debs should probably wait until then (I think the deb build as of now is broken)

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    will it be included in edgy ?

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    it probably won't be included, since we're already in UVF (upstream version freeze.) However, we're working hard, and the next version should be released next weekend, which means there'll be working debs and/or repositories.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    Can someone post Tracker 0.5.1 package for Ubuntu Dapper ?
    It will be really good to have this as a Beagle replacement.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Latest Tracker (desktop search)

    I am trying to run the configuration and get this error. What do I need to install to fix this?

    Also, I had to install libtools in synaptic. Might be an idea if this is mentioned in the FAQ?

    configure.in:97: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_INTLTOOL
    If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
    See the Autoconf documentation.
    autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

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