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diff --git a/desktop/recoll/README b/desktop/recoll/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1312e2f1a --- /dev/null +++ b/desktop/recoll/README @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +recoll (personal full text search tool) + +Recoll is a personal full text search tool for Unix/Linux. +It is based on the very strong Xapian backend, for which it +provides an easy to use, feature-rich, easy administration, +QT graphical interface. + +The homepage of recoll is found at http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ + +recoll depends on some other packages, that are not met by a +standard Slackware install. All these should be covered by seperate +build scripts. These dependencies are: + +Required: + xapian-core (http://www.xapian.org/) +Optional: + antiword (http://www.winfield.demon.nl/) + unrtf (http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf/unrtf.html) + +NOTE: As of the time of writing, recoll depends on version 0.9.10 of +xapian-core, the newer 1.0.0 release does NOT work with this version +of recoll. +Else no incompatibilities are known. + +After installing the package you should create the file +$HOME/.recoll/recoll.conf and modify it to your needs, especially the +"topdirs" where recoll looks for files to index. See "man recoll.conf" +for details. |