How To Install mdfinder.app on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdfinder.app on Debian 11.
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 Debian 11. 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 Debian. 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 Debian 11
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 Debian 11, 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 Debian 11 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
Dependencies
mdfinder.app have the following dependencies:
- gworkspace.app
- unzip
- gnustep-back0.28
- gnustep-base-runtime
- gnustep-gui-runtime
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgnustep-base1.27
- libgnustep-gui0.28
- libobjc4
- libpreferencepanes1
- libsqlite3-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdfinder.app package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
