How To Install tracker on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker on Ubuntu.

What is `tracker`

tracker is:

Tracker is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags, shared object databases, search tools and indexing.

There are three methods to install tracker on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tracker Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tracker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tracker

Install tracker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tracker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tracker

Install tracker 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 tracker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tracker

How To Uninstall tracker on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove tracker

Uninstall tracker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tracker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tracker

Remove tracker Configurations and Data

To remove tracker configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tracker

Remove tracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tracker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tracker

Dependencies

tracker have the following dependencies:

References

tracker website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.