How to Install and Uninstall recoll Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "recoll" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install recoll on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "recoll" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall recoll on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: recoll
Architecture: all
Version: 1.28.5-2
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_1.28.5-2_all.deb
Size: 4648
MD5sum: 1107baf351aeec6989ee5489a2886390
SHA1: 744fc7c320fbc9581936e601d6654c0c3b12374e
SHA256: c663c981e5d7a4005803cd85a3fa8b9c6eb3dce2abcdea0e47301f52b133dd3b
SHA512: d6dc38161930391d3a29965297724ffb4779d01d6af63ca23e7bbee20fa34c074695e0f44305729a74e7685493bf90b02bc9f7d910da91a14b1668425c92301d
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