Re: [Tracker] Can I use tracker to index files on my X-less Debian server?

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 04/10/12 11:09, Rich Lott wrote:
> On 03/10/12 11:47, JÃrg Billeter wrote:
> > It should definitely be possible to install and run Tracker without an X
> > server, however, at least GLib in Debian Squeeze is too old, you need
> > version 2.28 or later.
>
> So tracker packaged with debian squeeze...doesn't work in debian
> squeeze? Really? Presumably that would mean there's no way to run
> Tracker on Debian Stable? (but see below)
>
>
> > Also, you need to launch a DBus session bus
>
> Ok, thanks. Running dbus-launch, exporting session vars enables me to
> get  tracker running!
>
>     #tracker-status
>     Store:
>        â     Journal replay        - Idle
>
>     Miners:
>        â     File System           - Idle
>        â     Applications          - Idle
>
>
>
> But now I'm back to how to configure it without gsettings?

What version are you using? Earlier versions still use GKeyFile (i.e INI 
based files in ~/.config/tracker/).

There is some detail about this on the live.gnome.org pages:

  https://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Documentation/First5Minutes

and the "service side" part of this page details settings briefly:

  https://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Documentation/Debugging

If you can't use gsettings because it's not available, you can use the 
environment variable:

  TRACKER_USE_CONFIG_FILES

It just needs to exist. You can find out more information about this with:

  man tracker-store
  man tracker-miner-fs
  man tracker-extract
  ...

Hope this helps,

--
Regards,
Martyn

Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH.