Tracker Search Tool doesn't display 'Applications' results?

[VF]

Binary package hint: tracker

According to Tracker's website, it supports indexing and searching applications. However, when i search for an application like 'firefox' in tracker-search-tool there are no applications results.

Running tracker-stats from a terminal reveals that applications are being indexed, however: ...Applications : 269...

Using latest Gutsy, tracker 0.6.3-0ubuntu2

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

tracker (0.6.4-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian, remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + Addhere to DebianMaintainerField spec.
      + Do not build-depend on universe dependencies:
        libunac1-dev, libqdbm-dev.
      + tracker depends on o3read instead of recommend it, so we have
        OOo indexing by default.
    - debian/rules:
      + Enable sqlite external db instead of qdbm.
    - debian/patches/02_no_kde_autostart.patch:
      + Do not autostart trackerd in Kde, as they have strigi.
    - debian/patches/03_no_initial_index_in_battery.patch:
      + Do not run the initial index if running on battery.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1075:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1075
    - debian/patches/04_fix_crash_index_name_is_null.patch:
      + Fix a crash when index name is null during merging.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1076:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1076
    - debian/patches/05_typo_audio_track_peak_gain_tag.patch:
      + Fix a typo in a tag metadata. LP: #145359
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1077:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1077
    - debian/patches/06_trackerd_infinite_loop.patch:
      + Fix an infinite loop in trackerd if a second instance is
        launched. Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1079:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1079

  * Bugs fixed in the new release:
    - LP: #130935. Added a notification area tool displaying trackerd's
      status, and allowing to search from there.
    - LP: #138331: prevent hangs which stopped tracker quitting smoothly.
    - LP: #147756: Fixed memory leaks.
    - LP: #159807: Stop indexing if disk is full.
    - LP: #164148: Unsafe tempfile usage.
    - LP: #148520: Check for overlapping watch dirs
    - LP: #132463: Always show full path of files in tracker-search-tool.
    - LP: #133402: Do not repeat 'Preferences' in the preferences title.
    - LP: #164412: Limit log size to 10MB.
    - LP: #150814: Detect and prevent database corruption.
    - LP: #160262: Fix evolution email opening for the deskbar handlers.
    - LP: #150030: Show applications in search results.

 -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:16:26 +0100

[mon (javiermon-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi

I'm using ubuntu gutsy and I still have this problem. Do I have to do any workaround? I use the gnome-main-menu applet, but I assume it has nothing to to.

:~$ tracker-stats

-------obteniendo las estadísticas del índice---------

default : 0
Files : 1784
Folders : 243
Documents : 22
Images : 588
Music : 394
Videos : 0
Text : 93
Development : 343
Other : 101
Emails : 4902
EvolutionEmails : 4902
KMailEmails : 0
EmailAttachments : 169
EvolutionAttachments : 169
KMailAttachments : 0
Conversations : 658
GaimConversations : 658
Applications : 251
------------------------------------

:~$ dpkg -l tracker
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Nombre Versión Descripción
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii tracker 0.6.3-0ubuntu3 metadata database, indexer and search tool

[mon (javiermon-deactivatedaccount)]

:~$ tracker-search 'firefox'
/home/me/Downloads/dlj163.pdf

tracker-search -s Applications 'firefox'
/usr/share//applications/firefox.desktop

But the tracker-search-tool doesn't show any application

[mon (javiermon-deactivatedaccount)]

reopened

[Jamie McCracken (jamiemcc-blueyonder)]

was fixed in 0.6.4 which is not in gutsy