Howdy, On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 10:26 -0400, Bob Rowlands wrote: > On 5/1/06, Leon <sdl.web@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > I see that "beagle" is part of FC5 and has generated > > > a lot of files but I can't find any way to make it do anything? > > > Entering "beagle" goes no where, "bash: beagle: command not found" > > > > > > I don't find a "man page" for it. Perhaps I could simply remove it via yum? > > > Or is there some trick to getting it to do something? Google has not > > > helped. > > > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > Bob Goodwin, Zuni, Virginia w2bod > > > > Bob, > > > > You need to start *beagled* before you can do anything with > > beagle. There is no beagle command actually. After you start > > `beagled', type `beagle-search' to use it. If you don't start beagled, > > you will get `Search service not running' error. > > > > -- > > Leon > > Where does documentation for Beagle exit? Why would it be useful? If I > don't want it (which I suspect is the case), how do I disable and/or > uninstall it? The following is a SUSE linux 10.0 description of beagle. Hope it helps ;-) taharka@Khufu:~> rpm -qi beagle Name : beagle Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 0.0.13.3 Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany Release : 9.6 Build Date: Mon 24 Apr 2006 12:49:42 AM EDT Install date: Tue 25 Apr 2006 08:52:33 AM EDT Build Host: nelson.suse.de Group : Productivity/Other Source RPM: beagle-0.0.13.3-9.6.src.rpm Size : 1632097 License: X11/MIT, Apache Signature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 24 Apr 2006 10:30:05 AM EDT, Key ID a84edae89c800acaPackager : http://www.suse.de/feedback URL : http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/ Summary : Desktop search application Description : Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever you're looking for. Beagle can search in many different domains: * documents * emails * web history * IM/IRC conversations * source code * images * music files * applications * ...and much more Authors: -------- Jon Trowbridge <trow@xxxxxxxxxx> Nat Friedman <nat@xxxxxxxxxx> Todd Berman <tberman@xxxxxxx> Michael Levy <mlevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Joe Gasiorek <joe.gasiorek@xxxxxxxxx> Arwed V. Merkatz <v.merkatz@xxxxxxx> Christopher Orr <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Dave Camp <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> Veerapuram Varadhan <vvaradhan@xxxxxxxxxx> Michael Bayne <mdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fredrik Hedberg <fredrik.hedberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Robert Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx> Joe Shaw <joeshaw@xxxxxxxxxx> Chris Lahey <clahey@xxxxxxxxxx> Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert@xxxxxxxxxxx> Alex Graveley <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Adam Lofts <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Lukas Lipka <lukas@xxxxxxxx> Rafael Slinckx <raf.raf@xxxxxx> James Vipond <james.vipond@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Carl-Emil Lagerstedt <carl-emil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Distribution: SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) > Bob Rowlands <rowlands.bob@xxxxxxxxx> taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.