How To Install tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. tracker.i686 is Desktop-neutral search tool and indexer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `tracker.i686`

Tracker is a powerful desktop-neutral first class object database, tag/metadata database, search tool and indexer. It consists of a common object database that allows entities to have an almost infinite number of properties, metadata (both embedded/harvested as well as user definable), a comprehensive database of keywords/tags and links to other entities. It provides additional features for file based objects including context linking and audit trails for a file object. It has the ability to index, store, harvest metadata. retrieve and search all types of files and other first class objects

We can use yum to install tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tracker.i686.

Install tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tracker.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tracker.i686

How To Uninstall tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the tracker.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove tracker.i686

tracker.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-extract.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-apps.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-fs.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-user-guides.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-store.desktop
/usr/bin/tracker
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Tracker-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/TrackerControl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/TrackerMiner-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libtracker-control-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-control-1.0.so.0.1005.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-miner-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-miner-1.0.so.0.1005.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-sparql-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libtracker-sparql-1.0.so.0.1005.0
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-extract.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-miner-apps.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-miner-fs.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-miner-user-guides.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-store.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/tracker-writeback.service
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-abw.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-bmp.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-dummy.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-dvi.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-epub.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-flac.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-gif.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-gstreamer.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-html.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-icon.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-iso.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-jpeg.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-msoffice-xml.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-msoffice.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-oasis.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-pdf.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-playlist.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-png.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-ps.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-text.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-tiff.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-vorbis.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-xmp.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/extract-modules/libextract-xps.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-common.so.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-common.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-data.so.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-data.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-extract.so.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/libtracker-extract.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/writeback-modules
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/writeback-modules/libwriteback-taglib.so
/usr/lib/tracker-1.0/writeback-modules/libwriteback-xmp.so
/usr/libexec/tracker-extract
/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-apps
/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-fs
/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-user-guides
/usr/libexec/tracker-store
/usr/libexec/tracker-writeback
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/tracker
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Applications.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Extract.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Files.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Userguides.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Writeback.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.service
/usr/share/doc/tracker-1.10.5
/usr/share/doc/tracker-1.10.5/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/tracker-1.10.5/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/tracker-1.10.5/README
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.DB.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.Extract.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.FTS.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.Needle.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.Store.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.Writeback.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Tracker.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/tracker-1.10.5
/usr/share/licenses/tracker-1.10.5/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/tracker.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-daemon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-extract.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-index.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-miner-fs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-reset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-sparql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-sql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-store.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-tag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tracker-writeback.1.gz
/usr/share/tracker
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-abw.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-bmp.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-comics.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-dvi.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-ebooks.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-epub.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-flac.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-gif.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-html.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-ico.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-jpeg.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-msoffice.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-oasis.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-pdf.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-png.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-ps.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-svg.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-tiff.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-vorbis.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-xmp.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/10-xps.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/11-iso.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/11-msoffice-xml.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/15-gstreamer-guess.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/15-playlist.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/15-source-code.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/90-gstreamer-audio-generic.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/90-gstreamer-image-generic.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/90-gstreamer-video-generic.rule
/usr/share/tracker/extract-rules/90-text-generic.rule
/usr/share/tracker/miners
/usr/share/tracker/miners/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Applications.service
/usr/share/tracker/miners/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Extract.service
/usr/share/tracker/miners/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Files.service
/usr/share/tracker/miners/org.freedesktop.Tracker1.Miner.Userguides.service
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/10-xsd.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/10-xsd.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/11-rdf.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/11-rdf.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/12-nrl.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/12-nrl.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/20-dc.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/20-dc.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/30-nie.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/30-nie.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/31-nao.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/31-nao.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/32-nco.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/32-nco.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/33-nfo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/33-nfo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/34-nmo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/34-nmo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/35-ncal.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/35-ncal.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/36-scal.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/36-scal.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/37-nid3.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/37-nid3.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/38-nmm.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/38-nmm.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/39-mto.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/39-mto.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/40-mlo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/40-mlo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/41-mfo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/41-mfo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/89-mtp.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/89-mtp.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/90-tracker.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/90-tracker.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/92-slo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/92-slo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/93-libosinfo.description
/usr/share/tracker/ontologies/93-libosinfo.ontology
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.da
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.de
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.en
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.es
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.fi
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.fr
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.hu
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.it
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.nb
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.nl
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.pt
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.ru
/usr/share/tracker/stop-words/stopwords.sv
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-backup.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-extract-priority.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-miner-files-index.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-miner.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-resources.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-statistics.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-status.xml
/usr/share/tracker/tracker-writeback.xml

References

tracker.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.