Google Tools for Linux - Google Desktop

Google Desktop is web based search data application. Although it’s still in beta version for Linux but I think it’s very useful for us to find any informations that stay in our computer.

Step 1. Download the package

Go to http://desktop.google.com/linux/ and click ‘Download Google Desktop‘ to download the program.The file size is 7.5MB.

• Choose Debian/Ubuntu format.

• Choose ‘Save to Disk’ and click ‘OK’. Downloading program will automatically start.

Step 2. Installation.

From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:

Goto your the directory where you download the Google Desktop installation file.

For example, I downloaded the installation file in “mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages/”, so I type:

taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ cd mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages/

taufanlubis@toshiba:~/mydata/my_ubuntu_collection/packages$ sudo dpkg -i google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb

Selecting previously deselected package google-desktop-linux.

(Reading database … 180403 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking google-desktop-linux (from google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb) …

Setting up google-desktop-linux (1.1.0.006 …

• A ‘Term of Service’ will occur. Just click ‘Accept and Install’ to continue the installation process.

Step 3. Run the program.

Click Applications > Google Desktop > Google Desktop.

• A Google Desktop icon will be shown on top Desktop panel.

• Double click the ‘Google Desktop‘ to display ‘Google Quick Search Box‘.

• For this sample, I type ‘iptables’ on the text box and press ‘ENTER’.

• You can click directly on the link or click ‘…See all results in a browser‘.

• As you can see below, words ‘iptables’ are found in 10 emails, 45 files and 15 web history.

• When I clicked ‘13 emails’ it displayed:

• When I clicked ‘46 files’ it displayed:

• When I clicked ‘15 web history’ it displayed: