How To Install mdfinder.app on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdfinder.app
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mdfinder.app
mdfinder.app is:
MDFinder is a an application to search items already indexed by the GWMetadata indexing system, a GNUstep implementation of MacOS X’s proprietary Spotlight. Searches can be saved and are automatically updated if the corresponding files change. Indexing is done in the background and is switched off by default. To enable it and configure the search path, use the dedicated module in the SystemPreferences application.
There are three methods to install mdfinder.app
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mdfinder.app Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mdfinder.app
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdfinder.app
Install mdfinder.app Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdfinder.app
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdfinder.app
Install mdfinder.app Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mdfinder.app
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdfinder.app
How To Uninstall mdfinder.app on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mdfinder.app
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdfinder.app
Uninstall mdfinder.app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdfinder.app
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdfinder.app
Remove mdfinder.app Configurations and Data
To remove mdfinder.app
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdfinder.app
Remove mdfinder.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdfinder.app
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdfinder.app
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdfinder.app
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.