Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] locate/updatedb

[Dick M. <di...@li...>]

Heiko Zuerker wrote:

>> I'm a
>> bit puzzled because updatedb seems to need the following programs: code,
>> frcode and bigram.  These don't seem to exist on the system.
>
> I guess that will require a few more changes, since you'll need a
> writeable location for the db. Do you have enough ram? Otherwise you'll
> need to mount it.

I've got space on the 'hard-drive' but anyway it's configurable in updatedb.conf.

> Get the source tarball for locate, maybe you find something in the readme
> files.

I'm not sure I'm so bothered I'm going build a new system just to get it working.

Since nobody uses it (obviously) maybe it should be pruned from the system.

Dick