Refer to the download to see how to download the tracker-packages for your favourite distribution. Here we display only how the tracker packages are organized.
+Michael Biebl, a Debian maintainer for Tracker, has created a + repository whose packages have + been digitally signed with this GPG key. + Download the key and import it into apt using:
+Debian Sid (x86 arch) - add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
+Ubuntu Feisty (x86 arch) - available in Universe.
+Ubuntu Edgy (x86 arch) - add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
+Ubuntu Dapper (x86 arch) - add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
+Fedora 5 & 6 - available in Fedora Extras.
+Every distribution has its own way to pack tracker, however you can recognise two main part:
- +Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
+Download the build-dependancies:
+Compilation:
+Tracker is now included in portage. To install, run:
+We want to keep the indexer free from any specific dependences related to a particular Desktop Enviroment.
+As example we write how to install using a Debian/Ubuntu system
+Installation of the indexer and CLI search tool on Debian/Ubuntu system:
+Installation of the indexer and GUI search tool(s) on Debian/Ubuntu system:
+To run tracker simply run:
Tracker is indexing your home directory by default
-To get a view of what Tracker is doing run:
To search you can use :
+To run Tracker which should start indexing your home directory, simply run:
+To get a glimpse Tracker's activities, run:
+For command line search, run:
+For GUI search, run:
+For more information in how configure tracker read the README file or refer to Documentation.
-For more information about all the programs that are using tracker refer to 3rd Party Apllication
+For information on how to configure Tracker, see the README file in the root of the source directory OR refer to Documentation.
+For information about other GUI search tools supporting Tracker, refer to Other GUI's.
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