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@ -60,27 +60,32 @@ Installing Recoll
Using binary packages
The binary versions are just compressed tar files of a build tree, where
only the useful parts were kept (executables and sample configuration.
only the useful parts were kept (executables and sample configuration).
The executable binary files are built with a static link to libxapian and
libiconv, to make installation easier (no dependencies). However, this
also means that you can't change the versions of xapian and iconv which
are used.
After having untarred the file, you can proceed with installation as if
you had built the package from source.
After extracting the tar file, you can proceed with installation as if you
had built the package from source.
Installation
Execute installrecoll targetdir, in the root of the source tree. This
will:
* Copy qtgui/recoll and index/recollindex to targetdir/bin (but you
could also execute them from their build directories).
* Check if ~/.recoll exists, and if it does not:
* Only if you have write access on targetdir/bin, copy qtgui/recoll and
index/recollindex to targetdir/bin (but you could also execute them
from their build directories).
* Only if you are not root check if ~/.recoll exists, and if it does
not:
* Copy all files from sampleconf/* to ~/.recoll
* Copy all files from filters/* to ~/.recoll.
Typically, you would execute the script once as root to install the
programs to /usr/local, and once as yourself to create the configuration.
Configuration
Recoll uses text configuration files. You will have to edit them by hand
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default, it will index your home directory.
Then start recollindex, and wait for indexing to complete (this may take
some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search
some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search.
Depending on what is installed on your system, you may also want to adjust
the external viewers defined in ~/.recoll/mimeconf (ie: html is either