Google has recently released a version of Google Desktop Search for linux. I was not happy with Beagle as it is not integrated with Thunderbird, while it works well with Evolution. There are huge stories about this Beagle-Thunderbird incompatibility pointing out that it’s not beagle to blame but the inefficient way of storing data in Thunderbird. Nevertheless, I wanted my mails indexed! I googled around and found that Google Desktop is now available for Linux. You can easily download the .deb package from Google site…
…but…
… you’ll see that the .deb it’s only for x86 architecture. Damn! Sometimes having a x64 system is a pain in the ass. Of course I could go for a more comfortable 32-bit OS but then why should programmers ever make ports of nice softwares to this platform if nobody is using it! And for sure x64 is the future!
So, to make a long story short, I tried the –force-architecture command and… it worked!
It’s working fine so far. I checked on the web and it seems I’m not the only one who did it. If you want to try, of course at your own risk, just download the .deb file from Google website, open a terminal window and type the following command:
sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture google-desktop-linux_1.0.1.0060_i386.deb
Of course you will be prompted for the admin password. Once the process is completed, press ALT+F2, type gdlinux and press ENTER. You will be asked if you want to enable the advanced features. After that the icon of the program will appear in the taskbar. Goodluck!
