balooctl

File indexing and searching framework for KDE Plasma. More information: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Baloo>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/balooctl.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install baloo4
Ubuntu
apt-get install baloo
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S baloo
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install baloo-kf5
Fedora
dnf install kf5-baloo
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install baloo
Raspbian
apt-get install baloo4

File indexing and searching framework for KDE Plasma. More information: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Baloo>.

  • Display help:
    balooctl
  • Display the status of the indexer:
    balooctl status
  • Enable/Disable the file indexer:
    balooctl enable|disable
  • Clean the index database:
    balooctl purge
  • Suspend the file indexer:
    balooctl suspend
  • Resume the file indexer:
    balooctl resume
  • Display the disk space used by Baloo:
    balooctl indexSize
  • Check for any unindexed files and index them:
    balooctl check

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