Public bug reported: After installing recoll on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, some external applications/commands are reported to be needed and not found for indexing some file types. The list can be seen by launching
Recoll > File > Show Missing Helpers It is not always trivial to find the correct packages to install. I suggest to add at least next dependencies to make recoll work right out of the box: antiword unrtf libwpd-tools (for wpd2html, an application related to WordPerfect files) catdoc (for xls2csv, an application related to MSWord files) lyx libimage-exiftool-perl (for Perl::Image::ExifTool) python-mutagen (for python:mutagen) For python:midi, I didn't find the package to install. Other dependencies could be needed, but perhaps these were already present on my system. So some checks should be performed on a fresh installed system. After installing a missing application, it is necessary to update (not rebuild) the index of Recoll (which goes amazing fast) by issuing: Recoll > File > Update index After this index update, the list of missing helpers will also be updated. ** Affects: recoll (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1089287 Title: useful dependencies missing in recoll package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/recoll/+bug/1089287/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs