| KLocate -- KDE front-end to slocate or GNU locate |
Updated June 13, 2005
You can still download it but would probably be better off with XLocate
KLocate is a KDE front end to the standard Linux locate utility, which allows instant searching through local and remote file systems as well as shelved collections of removable drives, CDROMs and data DVDs
KDE libs 3.0.5 or higher, available at http://www.kde.org (mandatory)
Qt libs version 3.0.6 or higher, available at http://www.trolltech.com(mandatory)
slocate version 2.1 or higher, available at http://www.geekreview.org/slocate (mandatory)
blkid version 1.26a or later, available at http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/blkid/ (optional - if you want to index removable drives other than CDROMs, blkid adds convenience by retrieving the volume label.)
Except the optional blkid, the above software comes along with any recent distribution (e.g. RedHat 8.0 or higher).
Check klocate-0.50.3.lsm -- Check ChangeLog
Download klocate version 0.50.3 for KDE 3.0.5
Quick installation instructions:
Let's suppose you downloaded the archive klocate-0.50.3.tar.gz in /tmp
$> cd /tmp $> tar -xvzf klocate-0.50.3.tar.gz $> cd klocate-0.50.3 $> ./configure $> make $> su -c 'make install' # (enter root password)
KDE libs 2.1.1 or higher, available at http://www.kde.org (mandatory)
Qt libs version 2.3.0 or higher, available at http://www.trolltech.com (mandatory)
slocate version 2.1 or higher, available at http://www.geekreview.org/slocate (mandatory)
blkid version 1.26a or later, available at http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/blkid/ (optional - if you want to index removable drives other than CDROMs, blkid adds convenience by retrieving the volume label.)
Except the optional blkid, the above software comes along with any reasonably recent distribution (e.g. RedHat 7.1 or higher).
Check klocate-0.50.2.lsm -- Check ChangeLog
Download klocate version 0.50.2 for KDE 2.1
Quick installation instructions:
Let's suppose you downloaded the archive klocate-0.50.2.tar.gz in /tmp
$> cd /tmp $> tar -xvzf klocate-0.50.2.tar.gz $> cd klocate-0.50.2 $> ./configure $> make $> su -c 'make install' # (enter root password)
When a database file is added to a preselection button, the directory information for this file is not passed to the preselection button. Consequently, in case you have distinct files with the same name in different database directories (e.g. "var/lib/xlocate" and "~/.kde/share/apps/klocate"), clicking on the preselection button will select the first database file whose name matches, which might not be the one you intended. PRESEL_DIR.patch corrects this bug by adding the database file's directory information in the preselection button. This will clutter up a bit you klocaterc file, so you might not deem it essential.
Get PRESEL_DIR.patch
If you use GNU locate (version 4.1.6 or higher, e.g. in SUSE distribution) and don't want to change for slocate, you can use GNU-locate.patch. There are some minor drawbacks however:
Installation instructions with patch:
Let's suppose you downloaded the archive klocate-0.50.3.tar.gz and the patch PRESEL_DIR.patch in /tmp
$> cd /tmp $> tar -xvzf klocate-0.50.3.tar.gz $> cd klocate-0.50.3 $> patch -p0 <../PRESEL_DIR.patch $> ./configure $> make $> su -c 'make install' # (enter root password)