How to Install and Uninstall recoll Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "recoll" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install recoll on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "recoll" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall recoll on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the recoll package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: recoll
Architecture: all
Version: 1.27.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kartik Mistry
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Depends: recollcmd, recollgui
Filename: pool/universe/r/recoll/recoll_1.27.3-1_all.deb
Size: 4628
MD5sum: ce07ee702bc55237feb292ca2a9bccb6
SHA1: c9b4a981a28544c4f44cfbee3cdc4a742eef1174
SHA256: 4a81ebe7821c9c36edd113feb603117678701a10e6c10f2aab7af80fc60a71f0
SHA512: 55584ec39870e959d85f92ad74b0d529f57cc505fa290ddae7bf098437dd84f9d9d458ce2e591ebb9e5a342d984a3574d980b37c9014d7025e1a8484dfbcdb8e
Homepage: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll
Description-en: Personal full text search package
This package is a personal full text search package is based on a very strong
backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich
interface.
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Features:
* Qt-based GUI.
* Supports the following document types (and their compressed versions).
- Natively: text, html, OpenOffice files, maildir and mailbox (Mozilla and
IceDove mail) with attachments, pidgin log files.
- With external helpers: pdf (pdftotext), postscript (ghostscript), msword
(antiword), excel, rtf (unrtf).
* Powerful query facilities, with boolean searches, phrases, filter on file
types and directory tree.
* Support for multiple charsets, Internal processing and storage uses Unicode
UTF-8.
* Stemming performed at query time (can switch stemming language after
indexing).
* Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or exotic language
necessary.
* An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the GUI or as an external,
cron'able program.
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This metapackage installs recoll GUI and commandline tools.
Description-md5: 97a16581f4d01e705c30286f9ce44f08