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app-misc/localsearch (gentoo)

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Reason: Most revdeps still need gexiv2-0.16 compatibility fixes See: https://bugs.gentoo.org/982084

Masked by Lukas Schmelting on 2026-09-06

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a app-misc/localsearch

Package Information

Description:
Indexer and search engine that powers desktop search for core GNOME components
Homepage:
https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/localsearch
License:
GPL-2+ LGPL-2.1+

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
3.8.2 8 ~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86 3
3.12.0 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 3
3.11.2 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 3
3.10.2 8 ~alpha amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 3

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>gnome@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo GNOME Desktop</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="cue">Enable cue sheet parsing</flag>
		<flag name="gsf">Enable <pkg>gnome-extra/libgsf</pkg> based data extractor and
  for ODT.</flag>
		<flag name="iptc">Enable extraction of IPTC data from pictures</flag>
		<flag name="iso">Enable extraction of metadata from ISO disk images</flag>
		<flag name="gstreamer">Enable support for metadata writeback functionality</flag>
		<flag name="mediainfo">Support extracting metadata using libmediainfo</flag>
		<flag name="playlist">Add support for playlists</flag>
		<flag name="xps">Add support for XPS file format through <pkg>app-text/libgxps</pkg>.</flag>
		<flag name="zip">Support extracting zipped EPUB, OOXML and ODF files using <pkg>dev-libs/libzip</pkg></flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="gnome-gitlab">GNOME/localsearch</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p app-misc/localsearch | euse -E <flag> -p app-misc/localsearch | euse -D <flag> -p app-misc/localsearch

Flag Description 3.8.2 3.12.0 3.11.2 3.10.2
cue Enable cue sheet parsing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
exif Add support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ffmpeg Enable ffmpeg/libav-based audio/video codec support ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
gif Add GIF image support ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓
gsf Enable <pkg>gnome-extra/libgsf</pkg> based data extractor and for ODT. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
gstreamer Enable support for metadata writeback functionality ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
iptc Enable extraction of IPTC data from pictures ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
iso Enable extraction of metadata from ISO disk images ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
jpeg Add JPEG image support ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
mediainfo Support extracting metadata using libmediainfo ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
networkmanager Enable net-misc/networkmanager support ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
pdf Add general support for PDF (Portable Document Format), this replaces the pdflib and cpdflib flags ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
playlist Add support for playlists ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
raw Add support for raw image formats ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
rss Enable support for RSS feeds ⊕ ✗ ✗ ✗
seccomp Enable seccomp (secure computing mode) to perform system call filtering at runtime to increase security of programs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
tiff Add support for the TIFF image format ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
upower Enable power management support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
webp Add support for the WebP image format ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
xml Add support for XML files ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
xmp Enable support for Extensible Metadata Platform (Adobe XMP) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
xps Add support for XPS file format through <pkg>app-text/libgxps</pkg>. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
zip Support extracting zipped EPUB, OOXML and ODF files using <pkg>dev-libs/libzip</pkg> ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST localsearch-3.10.2.tar.xz 4494144 bytes
DIST localsearch-3.11.2.tar.xz 4504764 bytes
DIST localsearch-3.12.0.tar.xz 4503444 bytes
DIST localsearch-3.8.2.tar.xz 4547012 bytes