Just wondering, what exactly is supported/suggested:
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
Thanks! LF
Le 10/12/2016 à 17:54, Leon Fauster a écrit :
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
Since I've discovered Recoll, I won't use anything else. Nothing beats it, frankly.
Am 10.12.2016 um 18:26 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs info@microlinux.fr:
Le 10/12/2016 à 17:54, Leon Fauster a écrit :
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
Since I've discovered Recoll, I won't use anything else. Nothing beats it, frankly.
Great, sounds good and its in EPEL6, perfect. I will see if it satisfies the user :-)
Thanks, LF
On 12/10/2016 8:54 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
man find
Le 10/12/2016 à 20:22, John R Pierce a écrit :
man find
find is not a desktop search utility.
On 12/10/2016 1:05 PM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
Le 10/12/2016 à 20:22, John R Pierce a écrit :
man find
find is not a desktop search utility.
it finds files matching specific requirements, and can pipe them to grep to match contents of the file.
Le 10/12/2016 à 22:52, John R Pierce a écrit :
it finds files matching specific requirements, and can pipe them to grep to match contents of the file.
find is a command-line utility to find $WHATEVER on your system. Recoll is a desktop search application that can be used by users like the staff in our local school, for example. They use it extensively indeed.
On 12/10/2016 08:54 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Just wondering, what exactly is supported/suggested:
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
If upgrading to EL7 is an option it has GNOME Tracker builtin. You get desktop search right after installation. It has a bug that files can be missing from search results sometimes (and can appear again in next search), but in general works well enough for me. Hope the upcoming EL7.3 can have fixes for that bug.
Le 10/12/2016 à 17:54, Leon Fauster a écrit :
I need a comprehensive desktop search functionality. Not only searching for file names but also for content and meta data. The environment is EL6.8 / Gnome2. I have noticed that "beagle" is not part of the distro anymore. Any suggestions for such requirement?
Frankly, nothing beats Recoll.
https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/
Unfortunately there are only packages for CentOS 7:
http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/centos71/
I've installed Recoll on all my client's desktops (running Slackware 14.1 mostly), and they're very happy with it.
cheers,
Niki
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