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rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2789 / 1 Year ago, tue, april 25, 2023, 8:44:35

The File->Show_missing_helpers menu item in the recoll GUI mentions the following missing helper (among others):

Perl::Image::ExifTool (image/gif image/jpeg image/png image/tiff image/x-xcf)

Per the recoll user manual I installed the perl image exif tool (and library):

sudo aptitude install libimage-exif-perl libimage-exiftool-perl

but recoll still lists the missing helper and fails to index images.

uname -a:

Linux AlSSD 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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answered 1 Year ago intssive · Accepted Answer

I think that only libimage-exiftool-perl is needed, but the other one should not be a problem.

What recoll version are you using ?

Did you try to execute exiftool on the command line that the installation is ok (exiftool myfile.jpg) ?

Did you try to restart the GUI and/or the indexing after installing exiftool ?

If this does not help, we need to take a look at the recoll log file: see for example https://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/WhyIsMyFileNotIndexed.wiki about how to do this.

Hopefully the error will be obvious in the log.