On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 2:24 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > Thanks Ronald, but I am looking for a GUI solution. > > Yes, I can always su, updatedb, then slocate - and it > > does work good! However, I am shocked to see only one > > gui based file search program installed in MDK 9.1, > > not to mention it doesn't even work... Any more ideas? > > Yes I have two > klocate and kio_locate > You will need to compile klocate yourself, but kio_locate is available in > contrib. > > kio_locate allows you to search by typing > locate:/string > in the url line of konqueror. > It uses slocate as its backend which means that it will only find files > that have been indexed in the slocate database. The job to do the indexing > runs at 4am each morning, so if you switch your computer off at night you > will need to install anacron to run the job for you in the morning. I have > a write up here > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 > > After you install slocate and kio_locate packages run updatedb as root to > initialise the database for the first time. > > derek
If I can add to my own post. I appear to have already made an RPM of klocate I did it for 9.1, but it works on 9.2 as well. It is available in the download area of my site. Also the syntax for using kio_locate is :- locate:/string/ Plus I wanted to emphasise how useful it is for desktop users to install anacron. Without anacron to run jobs which a server would do in the middle of the night your logs and your tmp folder will become huge, and lots of necessary housekeeping will not get done. The downside is that anacron will cause the hard drive to go berserk 15 minutes after you boot your computer. Do not panic it isn't broken. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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