Moved the packages info from Doc to Getting Started...
Maybe this is a quite sane approach :)
Index: start.html =================================================================== --- start.html (revision 4964) +++ start.html (working copy) @@ -46,15 +46,34 @@ <li><code>make</code></li> <li><code>sudo make install</code> <em>or run as root if you don't use sudo</em></li> </ol> -<p>If you run Ubuntu you maybe want to have a look to : <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tracker";>How-to install Meta Tracker</a> on Ubuntu Community Documentation</p> +<h4>Installing using packages</h4> +<p> Refer to the <a href="download.html">download</a> to see how to download the tracker-packages for your favourite distribution. Here we display only how the tracker packages are organized. +</p> +<p> +<p> +Every distribution has its own way to pack tracker, however you can recognise two main part: + +<ul> + <li><strong>tracker</strong> -- Usually this one has no dependencies related to a Desktop Enviroment and is the "desktop agnostic part". This basicly means you can install on KDE/XFCE/Fluxbox/* without installing any GNOME-related dependecies.</li> + <li><strong>tracker-search-tool</strong> -- the Graphical User Interface to search using tracker. This has GNOME-dependencies</li> +</ul> + +We want to keep the indexer free from any specific dependences to a Desktop Enviroment. +</p> +<p>As example we write how to install using a Debian/Ubuntu system +<ul> +<li><code>apt-get install tracker tracker-utils</code> to install the indexer and the command line</li> + +<li><code>apt-get install tracker tracker-utils tracker-search-tool libdeskbar-tracker</code> to install the Gnome GUI and the deskbar handler.</li> +</ul> <h3>Run tracker</h3> <p>To run tracker simple digit <code>trackerd</code></p> <p><strong>Tracker is indexing your home!!</strong></p> <p>To search you can use :</p> <ul> <li>the command line <code>tracker-search</code></li> - <li>the tracker-search-tool <code>tracker-search-tool</code></li> + <li>the tracker-search-tool <code>tracker-search-tool</code> <em>(If you have installed the relevant package)</em></li> </ul> <p>For more information in how configure tracker read the README file or refer to <a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a>.</p> Index: development.html =================================================================== --- development.html (revision 4964) +++ development.html (working copy) @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ <p>The development code is available from the gnome svn, to check out:</p> <p><code>svn checkout http://svn.gnome.org/svn/tracker/trunk</code></p> +<p>If you want to write a 3rd Party Application using tracker, but you have question in how to do it just jump in in the IRC channel for now. Tutorials and Documentation are coming soon.</p> + <h3>BUGS!!</h3> <p>To report a bug you can use:</p> <ul> Index: download.html =================================================================== --- download.html (revision 4964) +++ download.html (working copy) @@ -47,23 +47,21 @@ <li> <strong>Ubuntu</strong> : <ul> - <li> - Feisty : Tracker is in the universe. - <br/><code>apt-get install tracker</code> to install the indexer - <br/><code>apt-get install tracker-utils</code> to install some command-line tool - <br/><code>apt-get install tracker-search-tool</code> to install the GUI.</li> - <li> - Edgy: repo <code>"deb http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ edgy main"</code> - </li> - <li> - Dappper: repo <code>"deb http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ dapper main"</code> - </li> + <li> + Feisty : Tracker is in the universe. + <li> + Edgy: repo <code>"deb http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ edgy main"</code> + </li> + <li> + Dappper: repo <code>"deb http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ dapper main"</code> + </li> </ul> - If your architeture is !i386 you can use <code>"deb-src http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ dapper main"</code> - <br/>and recompiling yourself using <code>"apt-get build-dep tracker && apt-get source -b tracker" </code> - +</ul> - </li> + <p>If your architeture is not i386 you can use <code>"deb-src http://debs.michaelbiebl.de/ dapper main"</code> + <br/>and recompiling yourself using <code>"apt-get build-dep tracker && apt-get source -b tracker" </code></p> + +<ul> <li><strong>RPM (FC5/FC6)</strong>: Can now be found in Fedora Extras </li> <li><strong>Gentoo</strong>: Tracker is in portage just <code>emerge tracker</code> to install it </li> Index: documentation.html =================================================================== --- documentation.html (revision 4964) +++ documentation.html (working copy) @@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ <div id="content"> <h3>Documentation</h3> <p>For a quickstart in how to install and run tracker read <a href="start.html">here</a>.</p> -<p>For tuning how you tracker is indexing just keep on reading :) .</p> -<p><em>Tracker is under an hard development that's why we are going to cover only some of the configurations.</em></p> +<p> Refer to the <a href="download.html">download</a> to see how to download the tracker-packages for your favourite distribution. +</p> -<h3>Choose what to index!!!</h3> +<p>For tuning tracker keep on reading :) .</p> + +<h3>Choose what to index</h3> <p> You can configure the behavior of tracker using the configuration file : <code>~/.Tracker/tracker.cfg</code>.</p> <p>List all the directory that you want to index in the <strong>WatchDirectoryRoots</strong> field separated by a semicolon.</p> <p><em>Default is set to your home directory.</em></p> @@ -54,28 +56,20 @@ <h4>Nautilus integration</h4> -<p>Nautilus 2.14 packages with Tracker support:</p> +<p>Nautilus 2.14 and 2.16 packages with Tracker support:</p> <ul> <li> - Deb (Ubuntu) : <a href="http://gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.14.1-0ubuntu9tracker1_i386.deb";>http://gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.14.1-0ubuntu9tracker1_i386.deb</a> + Deb (Ubuntu) : <a href="http://GNOME.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.14.1-0ubuntu9tracker1_i386.deb";>http://GNOME.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/nautilus_2.14.1-0ubuntu9tracker1_i386.deb</a> </li> - <li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/Edgy/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb";>http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/Edgy/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.GNOME.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/Edgy/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb";>http://www.GNOME.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/DEB/Edgy/nautilus_2.16.1-0ubuntu3tracker1_i386.deb</a></li> </ul> <h4>Deskbar</h4> -<p>Deskbar 2.14 packages with Tracker support:</p> +<p>A package should be available to install the deskbar handler, if it is not provided with the tracker-search-tool. On Debian/Ubuntu is called <code>libdeskbar-tracker</code>.</p> -<ul> - <li> - - Deb (Ubuntu) : <a href="http://www.madman2k.net/files/deskbar-applet_2.14.2-0ubuntu1tracker1_i386.deb";>http://www.madman2k.net/files/deskbar-applet_2.14.2-0ubuntu1tracker1_i386.deb</a> - - </li> -</ul> - <h4>QT Gui</h4> <p>Coming soon!!</p>
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