nautilus lacks file search in the gnome activities screen

[David Gil]

I used to search a file and access it immediately using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and some other distributions of GNOME. However, this time, almost only folders are shown in the file search.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 20 08:23:44 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[David Gil (davidjosephgil)]

I wish that the effect here in Ubuntu 7.10 GNOME Shell search is the same as this when it is integrated in the files. I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 expecting for this.

[David Gil (davidjosephgil)]

I got this instead though...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Run this command in a terminal:

sudo apt install tracker

After installing tracker, log out and log back in. You can customize the folders that are indexed in Settings > Search > gear button.

I'm marking this bug a duplicate of bug #1666676 since that's the bug that requests that tracker be installed by default.