On Tuesday 20 Dec 2005 07:33, Peter Mann wrote: > Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >On Monday 19 December 2005 11:23 pm, Peter Mann wrote: > >>Having found that Kat don't hunt, > >>and kfind cannot be found, neither on DVD nor via urpmi, > >>I ask to be led in non-geek-speak to a program that will reliably do > >>searches for files and keywords. > > > >You should be able to install slocate or just run updatedb. I would also > > make sure that anacron is running so that the database gets update > > periodically. > > Tried running updatedb, and got smacked for trying to make a database > without permission. > Tried running slocate, downloading slocate, installing slocate : nuffin > but alligators. > Mandrake 10.1 and Kanotix had file finders that worked. > Even MicroKlutz XP has file finder. > > Gnome-find not found. > Urpmi remains inscrutable. > Followed recent advice to disable disc as urpmi source. That worked. > This love/hate thing with linux is wearing me down. >
kfind is accessable from konqueror Tools>FindFile kfind performs a brute force search and is slow (like Windows) slocate makes a file database but you have to build the database first with 'updatedb' but only root user is allowed to build the database, so open a terminal, enter 'su' to become root user, then 'updatedb' Install 'anacron' and the database will be updated once a week automatically. You can use slocate within konqueror if you also install kio_locate (it is on the 'contrib' mirrors if you have not added a contrib source yet go to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ ) Then you can serach by entering locate:string in the url line of konqueror. See http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/locate.html then enter locate: derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
