Re: Search application for desktop in Squeeze?

[Daniel Andersson <list@daniel-gr-andersson.com>]

On 11/14/2010 06:59 AM, Celejar wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:35:18 +0100
>
> Daniel Andersson<list@daniel-gr-andersson.com>  wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Beagle is apparently not actively developed anymore.
> >
> > Does anyone have a tip on a good search application in Squeeze repository?
> >
> > It must be able to index PDFs in order to be useful for me.
>
> recoll.  Very responsive and helpful maintainer, and I believe fewer
> dependencies than tracker.  Can handle PDF with an external helper
> (pdftotext).
>
> Celejar


Thank you for the tip Celejar.

Recoll seems very powerful, but requires some work to install the helper 
applications I would need.


Best Regards,
Daniel Andersson