Hi,
Here's a patch that improves the README a bit and adds some info on
compilation options (extracted from configure.ac), and then some...
Index: src/trackerd/trackerd.c
===================================================================
--- src/trackerd/trackerd.c (revision 485)
+++ src/trackerd/trackerd.c (working copy)
@@ -1857,7 +1857,6 @@
tracker_log ("Watching enabled : ................. %s", bools[tracker->enable_watching]);
tracker_log ("File content indexing enabled : .... %s", bools[tracker->enable_content_indexing]);
tracker_log ("Thumbnailing enabled : ............. %s", bools[tracker->enable_thumbnails]);
- tracker_log ("Thumbnailing enabled : ............. %s", bools[tracker->enable_thumbnails]);
tracker_log ("Evolution email indexing enabled : . %s", bools[tracker->index_evolution_emails]);
tracker_log ("Thunderbird email indexing enabled : %s", bools[tracker->index_thunderbird_emails]);
tracker_log ("K-Mail indexing enabled : .......... %s\n", bools[tracker->index_kmail_emails]);
Index: README
===================================================================
--- README (revision 485)
+++ README (working copy)
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@
* Sqlite 3.2+ (Tracker source has an inlined version which is
statically-linked by default due to the lack of guarantee of threadsafety
in distro versions)
-* libdbus (0.50 +)
-* dbus-glib bndings (0.50 +)
-* glib (2.6+)
+* libdbus (0.60 +)
+* dbus-glib bindings (0.60 +)
+* glib (2.9.1 +)
* zlib
* libmagic
* GMime
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@
COMPILATION
-To compile Tracker uses the following commands :
+To compile Tracker, use the following commands :
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
make
sudo make install
-If you install using any other prefix then you might have problems with files
+If you install using any other prefix, you might have problems with files
not being installed correctly.
(You may need to copy and amend the dbus service file to the correct
@@ -182,16 +182,33 @@
following is available (all options should be passed as command line
parameters to autogen.sh EG ./autogen.sh --disable-fam)
---disable-fam : this option omits support of FAM/GAMIN with tracker
+--enable-debug-code : build with debug symbols
---disable-inotify : this option omits support for inotify with tracker
+--enable-video-extractor=(gstreamer, xine, external, auto)
+--enable-external-sqlite : use system SQLite which MUST be threadsafe
+--enable-file-monitoring=(inotify, fam, polling, auto)
+--enable-preferences : enables the tracker-preferences capplet
+
+--enable-deskbar-applet : enables support for deskbar applet
+
+--disable-gui : disables building of tracker-search-tool
+
+--disable-pdf : disables the PDF data extractor
+
+--disable-exif : disables the exif data extractor
+
+--disable-gsf : disables the gsf data extractor
+
+--disable-warnings : disables GCC warnings
+
+
+
RUNNING TRACKER
-
-To run tracker, you need to manually start the tracker daemon trackerd. By
+To run Tracker, you need to manually start the Tracker daemon, trackerd. By
default trackerd will index your entire home directory.
You can also pass a directory root to be indexed as a command line parameter
@@ -200,7 +217,7 @@
"trackerd -i /home/jamie/Documents"
(if you want your home directory indexed when explicily specifying index
- directory roots then you must add your home directory to the arguements:
+ directory roots then you must add your home directory to the arguments:
EG trackerd -i /home/jamie -i /mnt/share)
You can disable indexing by passing --no-indexing
@@ -218,16 +235,19 @@
You can specify directory roots to be excluded from being watched or indexed
by passing -e directory for each directory root
-You can make sure that tracker only indexes a subset of your home directory
-and also specify folders not in your home directory by editing the tracker.cfg
-file in ~/.Tracker (which is created when you first run trackerd) and setting
-WatchDirectoryRoots to a semicolon delimited list of directories (full path
-required!)
+All the above options (and more) can be set by editing ~/.Tracker/tracker.cfg
+which is created with specific defaults when non-existent (EG when
+trackerd is ran for the first time). Ensure that you restart trackerd for the
+changes to take effect. tracker.cfg also provides options that allows tracker
+to only index a subset of your home directory as well as other folders not
+in your home directory by setting WatchDirectoryRoots to a semicolon-delimited
+list of directories (full path required!)
EG:
WatchDirectoryRoots=directory1;directory2;directory3
+
On the first run, Tracker will automatically create a new database and start
populating it with metadata by browsing through the user's home directory (or
the root folder(s) specified).
@@ -235,16 +255,16 @@
On subsequent runs, Tracker will start up much much faster and will only ever
incrementally index files (IE files that have changed since last index).
-If installed correctly, the tracker daemon (trackerd) can also be started
-automatically via Dbus activation.
+If installed correctly, the Tracker daemon (trackerd) can also be started
+automatically via Dbus activation (EG by running tracker-search SEARCHTERM)
Tracker And Nautilus Search
Once you have installed Tracker and have some indexed contents, you should now
-compile Nautilus (ver 2.13.4 or higher) which should auto detect that tracker
-is installed and automatically compile in tracker support. You are now ready
-to appreciate a powerful and super efficient c based indexer in all its
+compile Nautilus (ver 2.13.4 or higher) which should auto-detect that Tracker
+is installed and automatically compile in Tracker support. You are now ready
+to appreciate a powerful and super efficient C-based indexer in all its
glory... happy hunting!
To make sure trackerd always start when you login to Gnome, you will need to
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