XLocate

An X11 interface to leverage locate tools

Installation instructions

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version 0.81, June 14th, 2023
Copyright: © 2023 Alexandre Oberlin

XLocate is a file system index management tool and a front-end to the most popular GNU-Linux fast search utilities. XLocate allows you to maintain a collection of databases for shelved or offsite CD/DVD/Blu-ray collections, memory sticks, SD cards and other memory cards, fixed and removable hard disks, network places, etc. You can define search sets and get a high level of flexibility through a large choice of options.

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Detailed description

XLocate manual (pdf)

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Installation instructions

Prerequisites for xlocate-0.81 :

The required software listed below comes along with any recent distribution.

• Qt libs version 5.11.3 or higher, installed using your packet manager, e.g on Debian/Ubuntu:
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install libqt5gui5
• rsync version 3.1.3 or higher, if you don’t use Debian/Ubuntu or derivatives, e.g. on Fedora:
  • sudo dnf install rsync
• At least one of:
  slocate version 2.1 or higher, available at https://pkgs.org/download/slocate (optional)
  OR
  GNU locate in findutils-4.1.6 or higher, available at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/ (optional)
  OR
  mlocate version 0.26-3 or higher, installed using your packet manager, e.g on Debian/Ubuntu:
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install mlocate

View xlocate_0.81.lsm -- View ChangeLog

Download XLocate
Build/query/manage locate database for multiple mounted or shelved volumes for instant retrieval of every file

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Installation instructions from source archive (currently unavailable):

Let’s suppose you downloaded the archive xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81.tar.gz in "/tmp" directory.

• cd /tmp
• tar -xvzf xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81.tar.gz
• cd xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81
• ./configure
• make
• su -c 'make install' # (enter root password)

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Installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives:

Let’s suppose you downloaded the Debian package xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81_amd64.deb in "/tmp" directory.

• cd /tmp
• sudo dpkg -i xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81_amd64.deb

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Installation instructions for distros other that Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives:

Let’s suppose you downloaded the zip archive xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81_amd64.zip in "/tmp" directory.

• unzip -d /tmp xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81_amd64.zip
• cd /tmp/xlocate-qt5-dist_0.81_amd64
• sudo chmod a+x usr/local/bin/xlocate
• sudo rsync -vaiu --no-links usr/local/ /usr/local/