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11-07-2010 , 11:09 AM
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well I installed the package and try running updatedb/gupdatedb locate/glocate...well nothing seems to work even when running in /usr/bin/gnu using ./command...

just uninstall buggy package or is this user error.
 
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11-08-2010 , 09:38 AM
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I guess nobody could locate/glocate this thread?
 

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11-08-2010 , 09:45 AM
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Installed about week ago and not working either.
 
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11-08-2010 , 09:48 AM
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I wonder why the app is there? I mean I know some buggy stuff is in these repos but this one just plain does nada...

Ok now that I know it is not just me, I will uninstall...
 
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11-08-2010 , 10:56 AM
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Works fine. Only problem is that it is dependent on "find", while the default version of find on the N900 is the busybox built-in. Install the GNU find, (apt-get install findutils-gnu), remove the symlink to busybox for find, "rm /usr/bin/find", create a symlink to GNU find ("ln -s /usr/bin/gnu/find /usr/bin/find"), run "/usr/bin/gnu/updatedb" to build the locate database, now /usr/bin/gnu/locate will work.

If you want to uninstall GNU find for any reason, then delete the symlink to it you created ("rm /usr/bin/find") and create a new one pointing to busybox ("ln -s /bin/busybox /usr/bin/find").
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11-08-2010 , 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by retsaw View Post
Works fine. Only problem is that it is dependent on "find", while the default version of find on the N900 is the busybox built-in. Install the GNU find, (apt-get install findutils-gnu), remove the symlink to busybox for find, "rm /usr/bin/find", create a symlink to GNU find ("ln -s /usr/bin/gnu/find /usr/bin/find"), run "/usr/bin/gnu/updatedb" to build the locate database, now /usr/bin/gnu/locate will work.

If you want to uninstall GNU find for any reason, then delete the symlink to it you created ("rm /usr/bin/find") and create a new one pointing to busybox ("ln -s /bin/busybox /usr/bin/find").
Thanks, now that I installed all the linux stuff (gtar gdiff gfind coreutils) and put /usr/bin/gnu first in my path in .profile for user and root I feel like I am finally getting some real linux in my n900.
 

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01-17-2011 , 12:28 AM
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Of course, you can create symbolic links without typing full path:

ln -s/usr/bin/gnu/locate /usr/bin/locate
ln -s/usr/bin/gnu/updatedb /usr/bin/updatedb
 
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