#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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# Tracker-2.3.6

## Introduction to Tracker

Tracker is the file indexing and search provider used in the GNOME desktop environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/tracker/2.3/tracker-2.3.6.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/tracker/2.3/tracker-2.3.6.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: f3c8baac2a3089f1c7af1dcb00547c97

- Download size: 1.5 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 262 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 1.3 SBU (with tests)

### Tracker Dependencies

#### Required

JSON-GLib-1.6.2, libseccomp-2.5.1, libsoup-2.72.0, and Vala-0.50.3

#### Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.66.1, ICU-68.2, NetworkManager-1.30.0, SQLite-3.34.1, and UPower-0.99.11

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2, bash-completion, and libstemmer

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/tracker

## Installation of Tracker

Install Tracker by running the following commands:

    mkdir build &&
    cd    build &&

    meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
    ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests should be run from a graphical session. The test named steroids may get skipped and cause Meson to report that the tests failed.

Now, as the `root` user:

    ninja install

## Contents

Installed Programs: tracker
Installed Library: libtracker-control-2.0.so, libtracker-miner-2.0.so, and libtracker-sparql-2.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/{include,lib}/tracker-2.0, /usr/share/tracker, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/libtracker-{control,miner,sparql}

### Short Descriptions

tracker | is a control program for the indexer
`libtracker-control-2.0.so` | contains control and monitoring functions for miners
`libtracker-miner-2.0.so` | contains data mining functions
`libtracker-sparql-2.0.so` | contains resource management and database functions

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