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make gnome tracker disable or stop completely
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# make tracker3 daemon non workable & idompotent | |
# this script will reset its settings, and configure tracker3 daemon, to not let it do anyting. | |
# if other code has dependency on this tracker, then it will not break, but we also do achieve our goal. | |
# interpretation for org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files enable-monitor from this file | |
# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/-/blob/master/src/miners/fs/tracker-config.c | |
#Time in seconds before crawling filesystem (0->1000) | |
# looking at source code https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/-/blob/master/src/miners/fs/tracker-main.c#L406 | |
# it seems like -ve value will starts it right away, so giving max value will make it to wait max before failing | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files initial-sleep 1000 | |
# Set to false to completely disable any monitoring | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files enable-monitors false | |
# Sets the indexing speed (0->20, where 20=slowest speed) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files throttle 20 | |
# Set to true to index while running on battery | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-on-battery false | |
# Set to true to index while running on battery for the first time only | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-on-battery-first-time false | |
#Set to true to enable traversing mounted directories for removable devices (this includes optical discs) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-removable-devices false | |
# Set to true to enable traversing CDs, DVDs, and generally optical media | |
# (if removable devices are not indexed, optical discs won't be either) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-optical-discs false | |
# Pause indexer when disk space is <= this value | |
# (0->100, value is in % of $HOME file system, -1=disable pausing) | |
# hmm, seems like this line https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/-/blob/master/src/miners/fs/tracker-main.c#L124 | |
# is misleading, as used by some blog, -ve value disable pausing of tracker, rather then tracker itself, | |
# and 100 will make it idompotent as any other value is always < 100% | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files low-disk-space-limit 100 | |
# List of directories to crawl recursively for indexing (separator=;) | |
# Special values include: (see /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults & $HOME/.config/user-dirs.default) | |
# &DESKTOP\n" | |
# &DOCUMENTS\n" | |
# &DOWNLOAD\n" | |
# &MUSIC\n" | |
# &PICTURES\n" | |
# &PUBLIC_SH | |
# &TEMPLATES\n" | |
# &VIDEOS\n" | |
# If $HOME is the default below, it is because $HOME/.config/user-dirs.default was missing. | |
# hmm, i think emptying its value will make it work on all dirs, i probably seen that check somewhere | |
# anyways, redirecting to nonexistent directory will mislead and stop its loop furthur | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-recursive-directories "['nonexistentdir1']" | |
# List of directories to index but not sub-directories for changes (separator=;)\n" | |
# Special values used for IndexRecursiveDirectories can also be used here" | |
# same with this, as was with index-recursive-directories, but these dirs are removed from index-recursive-directories | |
# so giving it diff value will be more idompotent to this | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-single-directories "['nonexixtentdir2']" | |
# List of directories to NOT crawl for indexing (separator=;)" | |
# this uses regex, patterns so * will match to everything | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files ignored-directories "['*']" | |
# List of directories to NOT crawl for indexing based on child files (separator=;)" | |
# this uses regex, patterns so *, *.*, .* will matches to everything | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files ignored-directories-with-content "['*', '*.*', '.*']" | |
# List of files to NOT index (separator=;)" | |
# this uses regex, patterns so *, *.*, .* will matches to everything | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files ignored-files "['*','*.*','.*']" | |
# Interval in days to check the filesystem is up to date in the database, | |
# maximum is 365, default is -1. | |
# -2 = crawling is disabled entirely | |
# -1 = crawling *may* occur on startup (if not cleanly shutdown) | |
# 0 = crawling is forced | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files crawling-interval -2 | |
# Threshold in days after which files from removables devices | |
# will be removed from database if not mounted. | |
# 0 means never, | |
# maximum is 365. | |
# so, 1 will clear everything, if its stored, daily | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files removable-days-threshold 1 | |
# hmm, it didn't explain this key behaviour, so i think making it false will be better, | |
# then its default true, As this will disable application indexing | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files index-applications false | |
# explaination based on this file: | |
# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/-/blob/master/src/libtracker-miners-common/tracker-fts-config.c | |
# Flag to enable word stemming utility (default=FALSE) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.FTS enable-stemmer false | |
# Flag to enable word unaccenting (default=TRUE) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.FTS enable-unaccent false | |
# Flag to ignore numbers in FTS (default=TRUE) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.FTS ignore-numbers true | |
# Flag to ignore stop words in FTS (default=TRUE) | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.FTS ignore-stop-words true | |
# explaination based on this file: | |
# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/-/blob/master/src/tracker-extract/tracker-config.c | |
# Maximum number of UTF-8 bytes to extract per file [0->10485760] | |
# min ==> 0 ==> 0b | |
# max ==> 1024 * 1024 * 10 ==> 10 Mb | |
# default ==> 1024 * 1024 ==> 1Mb | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Extract max-bytes 0 | |
# Filename patterns for plain text documents that should be indexed | |
# empty, as these are whitelisting pattern, or maybe never existent filename pattern | |
# will also work, like filename that contains new line in it, will make it to never match | |
# to anything. | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Extract text-allowlist '[]' | |
# Wait for FS miner to be done before extracting | |
# %TRUE to wait for tracker-miner-fs is done before extracting. %FAlSE otherwise | |
# hmm, true will make it less aggressive, as it will wait for miner to finish which | |
# itself has 1000s initial delay. | |
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Extract wait-for-miner-fs true | |
# disable its settings in gnome settings also | |
# populate disable list, disable all apps, and location | |
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.search-providers disabled "['org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Settings.desktop', 'org.gnome.Photos.desktop', 'org.gnome.clocks.desktop', 'org.gnome.Calendar.desktop', 'org.gnome.Calculator.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop']" | |
# clear enable list | |
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.search-providers enabled "[]" | |
# search path setting is already cleared in "index-recursive-directories" | |
# disable gnome search indexing itself | |
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.search-providers disable-external true | |
# and finally, | |
# Application Options: | |
# -s, --filesystem Remove filesystem indexer database | |
# -r, --rss Remove RSS indexer database | |
tracker3 reset -s -r | |
# and kill it brutally | |
tracker3 daemon --kill |
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