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Beagle
Candidate for Deletion: This article may not be appropriate for this wiki, and may be deleted. More info... Beagle is a desktop search application which allows you to quickly search your documents, e-mail headers, photos and other files. The advantage of Beagle over the default search feature in Ubuntu (Places -> Search for files...) is that results are returned much more quickly and more types of file/information are searched for (for example, your calendar). See the Beagle project website for more information.
Contents 1. Installing Beagle 1. Enabling Extended Attributes 2. Using Beagle 1. Search tool 2. Kerry search tool 3. Deskbar applet 4. Command-line tools 5. Web-Frontend Peagle 6. Applications which use Beagle 3. Configuring Beagle 4. Debugging Beagle 5. Alternatives to Beagle
Installing Beagle
In Ubuntu 6.06 the beagle package can be found in the Universe Repository while in Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 just install beagle using your favorite package manager. Once the installation process has completed, you can start the Search tool by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Search.
Using Beagle
There are several ways of performing a Beagle search.
Search tool
When you install Beagle, the Search tool is installed automatically. You can start the Search tool by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Search. Simply type your search into the box provided and press the Find Now button. You can limit your search to a specific type of document by selecting the desired type from the Search menu of the Search tool.
Deskbar applet
Deskbar is a search box which is always available on one of your desktop panels. Deskbar can perform many different search
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types, including Beagle searches. To start using Deskbar, install the deskbarapplet package. Once installed, right-click the top or bottom panel and select Add to Panel... from the menu which appears. Then, simply drag the Deskbar item to a place on one of the panels. Deskbar allows you to have a Beagle search as well as a Beagle Live search. The difference between the two options is that Beagle Live will use Beagle to search as you type. On the other hand, the Beagle search will simply display the option to launch the Beagle Search program for the text you entered into Deskbar. To use Beagle Live with Deskbar you must install the pythonbeagle package from the Universe Repository. See InstallingSoftware for instructions on how to install packages. The default Search Tool (Applications --> Accessories --> Search)
Command-line tools
Beagle can also be used from the command line. Click Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal to open a terminal. Type 'beagle' and then press the Tab key on the keyboard twice in rapid succession. This will display a list of Beagle command-line tools which you can use. For example, you can type beagle-query <search terms> (replace <search terms> with your own search terms) to perform searches from the command-line.
Web-Frontend Peagle
A web-based interface to Beagle is available. Called 'Peagle', it requires PHP and a web-server to be installed. Peagle is not currently available in any official Ubuntu software channel. For more information, see the Peagle project page.
Configuring Beagle
You can change various settings for Beagle using the Search & Indexing preferences tool. To start the tool, click System -> Preferences -> Search & Indexing.
Debugging Beagle
For help debugging Beagle and for filing bug reports, see Beagle/Debugging.
Alternatives to Beagle
Beagle is just one of many desktop search applications compatible with Ubuntu. Below is a short list of other search applications you may like to try:
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Tracker - A lighter, faster desktop indexing system written in C. Strigi - http://strigi.sourceforge.net/ Recoll - http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/. See also http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/254610desktop-search-engines-compared Page History
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