26AprCorrupted search Index in Ubuntu after upgrade

So, I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 and after by first boot was notified that the built-in search module is going to go ahead and index my files for faster searches. Fine.

But after a few seconds the Tracker got back at me and said something about my index being corrupt. It asked if I wanted to re-index everything again. Fine.

Apparently the index was still corrupt, so I gave it a bashing.

Fire up a terminal and enter the following commands to fix this minor annoyance:

sudo apt-get install tracker-utils
tracker-processes -r

The first command installs the utility you will need for the second command. Suffice to say, Ubuntu works fine now.

Author: Tanin

Tanin in an information technology consultant specializing in complex heterogeneous environments. He can be reached through multiple social networking sites including Twitter.

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  1. 1 Vytas11 May 2009

    Hello,
    Thank you for an advice.

  2. 2 Ksigler12 May 2009

    Thank you!! It’s so rare that you find an answer rather than another question.