Package Details: docfetcher 1.1.27-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/docfetcher.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: docfetcher
Description: A java open source desktop search application
Upstream URL: http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/
Keywords: desktop productivity search
Licenses: EPL
Submitter: thiagowfx
Maintainer: macxcool
Last Packager: macxcool
Votes: 18
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2014-05-01 20:55 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-01-22 01:46 (UTC)

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macxcool commented on 2026-01-22 17:58 (UTC)

I removed the jre folder from the package because it should be using the installed jre. There is a python module too, py4j that has an AUR package. Should I remove that folder too? What about the 'docfetcher-daemon-linux' and the 'search.py' script (which I think is just a sample script for Python scripting against the docfetcher API). Should I remove those or leave them?

macxcool commented on 2026-01-21 21:51 (UTC) (edited on 2026-01-21 21:51 (UTC) by macxcool)

I've upgraded to 1.1.27 now.

I've changed the installer by:

  • using sed instead of patch to fix config/cache locations

  • removed GTK2/3 differences

  • increased java version to >17

  • simplified because there's only one launch script and one OS and Arch now

m78 commented on 2023-09-15 09:42 (UTC)

Hello, could anyone help me to get docfetcher to start? I get this error:

(DocFetcher:14459): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:39:02.413: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node scrolledwindow, owner GtkScrolledWindow) SWT WebKitGDBus: error creating DBus server Error binding to address (GUnixSocketAddress): No such file or directory SWT WebKit: error initializing DBus server, dBusServer == 0

(DocFetcher:14459): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 11:39:02.696: g_dbus_server_get_client_address: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_SERVER (server)' failed

danievdm commented on 2023-01-21 09:38 (UTC)

@macxcool OK thanks that sorted it. Odd it had showed as executable, but after running it, yes it now executes.

macxcool commented on 2023-01-20 21:35 (UTC)

That's because the file isn't set to executable. Try:

sudo chmod +x /usr/share/docfetcher/docfetcher-daemon-linux

You may have to create a systemd unit file to have it run at boot, though. I don't know how this works, but it looks like it needs to run as root, not as a user.

danievdm commented on 2023-01-20 21:12 (UTC)

Anyone got the daemon running. I've tried running /usr/share/docfetcher/docfetcher-daemon-linux with, and without sudo, but without it says permission denied, and with sudo it says command not found.

The file is there, and it is flagged as executable. Otherwise, the app installed fine and runs fine. I just wanted to add the daemon to my start up apps.

galvez_65 commented on 2020-07-26 21:34 (UTC)

One question and one comment: comment: the docfetcher icon was not installed properly so I had to add the following to the PKGBUILD

#icons
  for icon in 16 24 32 48 64 128; do
    install -Dm644 "img/docfetcher${icon}.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}x${icon}/apps/${pkgname}.png"
  done

question: is anyone having issues with the gtk3 version? some of the buttons like the run button in the index creation wizard are not showing up, I had to build using gtk2

ilf0 commented on 2020-05-05 08:31 (UTC)

@macxcool: Thanks, works nicely.

macxcool commented on 2020-05-01 11:44 (UTC)

Just set the depends to require Java>=8 with no upper bound.

ilf0 commented on 2020-05-01 10:26 (UTC) (edited on 2020-05-01 10:27 (UTC) by ilf0)

Cool, then let's adjust the dependency:

-depends=('java-runtime>=8' 'java-runtime<=10')
+depends=('java-runtime>=8')