How to install Beagle on Ubuntu Breezy Badger

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Beagle is the Open Source answer to the desktop search tools coming from big corporates like Google, Apple and Microsoft. Although Beagle is still in beta, it is stable enough to be used daily. The only more difficult part is installing it, which is what this guide is going to show you.

Procedure

You will obviously need to have a fully-functional Ubuntu system, running Gnome. You also need to have the Universe repositories enabled. Refer to www.ubuntuguide.org for instructions on how to enable them.

1. Open a Terminal window (Applications, Accessories, Terminal) and type:

sudo apt-get install beagle

2. APT will ask you to type the root (or primary user) password. It is the password you entered when you installed Ubuntu.

3. Once Beagle has been installed, you will have to edit /etc/fstab . Type:

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

in the same terminal. If it doesn't work, try to use sudo instead of gksu. This will open fstab for editing. Now, add the text: "user_xattr" (without quotes) to the fourth column of your /home partition. If you don't have a /home partition, you can safely use the / (root) partition. You can save the file, making sure you didn't do anything wrong.

4. You will have to unmount and remount your home partition. You can do that by typing:

mount -o remount /home

If you are trying to remount your root partition, you can try:

mount -o remount /

or simply reboot your computer.

5. You can now run beagle by launching beagled from a Terminal or from the Run window. You can also launch beagle-settings to configure Beagle options. You can type:

beagle-info --status

in a Terminal window to make sure Beagle works correctly.

6. If you want Beagle to run every time you start your computer, open the Sessions window (located under System, Preferences, Sessions) and go to the Startup programs tab. Click "Add" and type beagled in the Startup Command box.