Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

Tracker-2.3.6

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-10.1 platform.

Package Information

Tracker Dependencies

Required

JSON-GLib-1.6.2, libseccomp-2.5.1, libsoup-2.72.0, and Vala-0.50.3

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.66.1, ICU-68.2, NetworkManager-1.30.0, SQLite-3.34.1, and UPower-0.99.11

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2, bash-completion, and libstemmer

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 .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests should be run from a graphical session. The test named steroids may get skipped and cause Meson to report that the tests failed.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: tracker
Installed Library: libtracker-control-2.0.so, libtracker-miner-2.0.so, and libtracker-sparql-2.0.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-2.0.so

contains control and monitoring functions for miners

libtracker-miner-2.0.so

contains data mining functions

libtracker-sparql-2.0.so

contains resource management and database functions

Last updated on 2021-02-24 18:50:56 -0800