Re: [Tracker] Running tracker on an Ubuntu server box?

[tigerf <tigerf web de>]

Hi Ivan,
thanks for your thoughts.

Ivan Frade schrieb:
> Hi!
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM, tigerf <tigerf web de> wrote:
>
> > Hello from Germany,
> >
> > Is there somewhere a how-to or is the whole idea simply unrealistic?
>
>
>  Tracker is designed to index the user data. You'll need some adjustments
> with the users/accounts/permissions to use tracker in that environment.
> About files and content, it should work fine.

OK, this sounds good. Any idea where I can start with reading?
Am I the first with such a demand? Can't believe this.

> > Is there an easier way to access
> > tracker's index via PHP? Some kind of SQL interface may be?
>  Tracker offers its API on DBus. There seems to be a php-dbus project [1];
> you can start with that.
>
>  You can use d-feet [2] or any other dbus viewer to explore and play with
> the tracker API. Once you know what queries do you need to do, you can write
> then in PHP, and then integrate them in your web page.
Thx for the hint.

As Martyn pointed out, there will be a SQLite based version. Since PHP
offers a SQLite interface, this would be my preferred way to go, currently.

>  You are welcome to ask and participate in the mailing list, or even IRC
> (#tracker in GIMPnet).

Thx, I'll stay in contact via mailing list for now.

Tiger