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-====== Catfish ====== +{{ :apps:catfish.png?nolink|}} 
- +===== Catfish - Introduction =====
  
 Catfish is a versatile file search utility for the Xfce desktop. Powered by Python and GTK, it is fast, flexible, and exceptional at finding files. Catfish is a versatile file search utility for the Xfce desktop. Powered by Python and GTK, it is fast, flexible, and exceptional at finding files.
  
-====== Features ======+---- 
 + 
 +===== Features =====
   * Minimalistic, GTK+3 interface   * Minimalistic, GTK+3 interface
   * Search suggestions, powered by Zeitgeist and locate   * Search suggestions, powered by Zeitgeist and locate
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   * Full-text file content search   * Full-text file content search
  
-====== Requirements ====== +---- 
-  * GTK+ 3.12 or above. + 
-  * Python 3 +===== Required Packages ===== 
-  * python-pexpect + 
-  * locate or mlocate+  * [[https://github.com/python/|python 3]] 
 +  * [[https://www.gtk.org|GTK+]] (3.12 or above) 
 +  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib|GLib]] (GLib / GObject Python bindings: GdkPixbuf, GLib, GTK 3, Pango, Cairo, Xfconf) 
 +  * [[https://pypi.org/project/pexpect/|Pexpect]] 
 +  * locate or mlocate  
 + 
 +==== Optional ==== 
 + 
 +Catfish includes optional support for Zeitgeist, which is used to provide 
 +instant search results. You can learn more about Zeitgeist on the [[https://launchpad.net/zeitgeist-project|Zeitgeist Homepage]] or the [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zeitgeist|Zeitgeist Arch Wiki page]]. 
 + 
 +To enable Zeitgeist (on Debian-based systems), just install the Python Zeitgeist GIR binding and ensure 
 +the Zeitgeist datahub is running. 
 + 
 +    sudo apt install gir1.2-zeitgeist-2.0 zeitgeist 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Installation instructions ===== 
 + 
 +To install the build and runtime requirements on a Debian-based system, 
 +the following command is sufficient: 
 + 
 +    sudo apt install python3 python3-distutils-extra gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 
 +    gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 python3-gi-cairo 
 +    gir1.2-xfconf-0 xfconf python3-pexpect locate 
 + 
 +If gir1.2-xfconf-0 cannot be found in your repository, it may be located 
 +at the [[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/experimental|Xubuntu Experimental PPA]] 
 + 
 +     
 +  
 +From a source repository:
  
-===== Optional ===== +  - Unpack the archive. 
-  * Zeitgeist, for recent search suggestions+  - Install Catfish: 
 +     - To install locally (a user install), run: ''python3 setup.py install --user'' 
 +     - To install system-wide (a root install), run: ''sudo python3 setup.py install'' 
 +  - For a list of command line options run: ''catfish --help''
  
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 +[[:apps:catfish:|Back to Catfish Main Documentation Page]]