Tracker-2.2.0

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

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# Tracker-2.2.0

## 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.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/tracker/2.2/tracker-2.2.0.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/tracker/2.2/tracker-2.2.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: e4c637cbc1aa2f4d03e09c8e6b318d6d

- Download size: 2.7 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 211 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 1.0 SBU (with tests)

### Tracker Dependencies

#### Required

JSON-GLib-1.4.4, libseccomp-2.3.3, libsoup-2.64.2, and Vala-0.42.5

#### Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.58.3, ICU-63.1, NetworkManager-1.14.6, SQLite-3.27.1, and UPower-0.99.9

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.29, Python-2.7.15 (for the “functional” tests), and Snowball

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/tracker

## Installation of Tracker

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. Several tests may output an error due to the Python 2 module for PyGObject3 not being available.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Contents

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}

### Short Descriptions

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 2019-02-21 01:16:01 -0600

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