>>> "JMM" == Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> Uwe Brauer writes:
>> I have a file called bio-hoja4%ftag_EDO Uwe.pdf
>> 
>> I use helm-locate and type %ftag_
>> but I receive nothing found see the screenshot.
>> 
>> 
>> helm-min  
>> 
>> And typing %ftag  also does not work,
>> 
>> What do I miss?

> Ah, sorry, I thought you used helm-locate before. helm-locate depends on
> the GNU/Linux 'locate' program. You have to install it. I don't know
> what distro you use, but the package is usually called mlocate or
> plocate (these are two different implementations of locate). I have
> mlocate installed on Arch Linux. According to the Arch wiki:

> ------------
> - mlocate (Merging Locate) is a more secure version of the locate utility,
> that only shows files accessible to the user.

> - plocate (Posting Locate) is a locate based on posting lists, consuming
> mlocates database ahead-of-time and making a much faster (and smaller)
> index out of it.
> ------------

> Generally, when you install locate it is automatically configured so
> that the database is updated every time you start a session. If you want
> to update it in the middle of a session, you must execute the updatedb
> command with sudo in the terminal.

Ah, well I have installed locate (mlocate to be precise, I am using
Ubuntu)

And I have used locate in the past, nevertheless

 helm-locate keeps failing and giving me the screenshot I attached in my
 earlier message, so some sort of bug in helm-locate for Ubuntu?

Uwe