Tracker-2.2.1

Introduction to Tracker

Tracker is the file indexing and search provider used in the GNOME desktop environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/tracker/2.2/tracker-2.2.1.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/tracker/2.2/tracker-2.2.1.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: fe9abb3ea46a250023d23fa3adbf65ab
Download size: 2.7 MB
Estimated disk space required: 210 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 1.4 SBU (with tests)

Install Tracker by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests should be run from a graphical session. Six tests may fail on some systems and configurations.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Installed Programs: tracker

Installed Library: libtracker-control.so, libtracker-miner.so, and libtracker-sparql.so

Installed Directories: /usr/{include,lib}/tracker-2.0, /usr/share/tracker, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/libtracker-{control,miner,sparql}

tracker	is a control program for the indexer.
`libtracker-control.so`	contains control and monitoring functions for miners.
`libtracker-miner.so`	contains data mining functions.
`libtracker-sparql.so`	contains resource management and database functions.

Last updated on 2019-03-27 22:59:52 -0500