Re: [Tracker] tracker as full text index/search tool for a large collection of pdf, ps, djvu, dvi documents?

[Ezequiel Birman <stormwatch espiga4 com ar>]

> > > > > "MB" == Michael Biebl <mbiebl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w public gmane org> writes:

    > 2008/10/4 Meik Hellmund
    > <Meik.Hellmund-o02PS0xoJP/FlEURE6xjZxvVK+yQ3ZXh public gmane org>:
    >> 
    >> Dear tracker developers,
    >> 
    >> I have a collection of ca 10000 documents, mostly Postscript,
    >> PDF, DjVu and DVI format and I am looking for a full text
    >> index/search tool. I tried tracker 0.6.6 from Debian/unstable and
    >> have now some questions where I didn't find the answer in the
    >> docu and faq.
    >> 
    >> - Tracker works fine and great with PDF documents. Full points!
    >> That's what I am looking for.  But:
    >> 
    >> - It seems that Postscript, Dvi and Djvu documents are not fully
    >> indexed, only the metadata are used. How can I change this?

    > For djvu, there is already a a filter
    > /usr/lib/tracker/filters/text/djvu_filter

    > It should index the content of djvu files, but it requires the
    > djvulibre-bin package being installed. (The tracker deb package
    > has a recommends on this package).

    > Ivan already posted instruction how to create filters for ps and
    > dvi.

    > If you have created working filters for these mimetypes feel free
    > to send them to us so we can include them upstream.

    > Cheers, Michael

    > -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life
    > in the universe are pointed away from Earth?

I have the same problem as Meik, plus I have no
/usr/lib64/tracker/filters directory. Do fedora packagers omit those
files?

I'm on Rawhide. This is 'uname -a' output:
Linux david.espiga4.com.ar 2.6.36-0.0.rc0.git1.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed
Aug 4 16:26:35 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# rpm -q tracker
tracker-0.8.15-1.fc14.x86_64

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Ezequiel Birman