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I run Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS I was having the problem that the tracker-extract was taking up a lot of CPU usage and was really slowing down the system. So I searched for a solution and found this on Ask Ubuntu

From which I executed this command:

apt purge tracker tracker-extract tracker-miner-fs

Now I have 2 issues

  1. The Text Editor icon has disappeared from the dock (EDIT: after reading the below comment, I realized my mistake - its not the text editor icon that disappeared from the dock but the file manager icon)
  2. The icons on the desktop have disappeared.

I tried a simple restart of Gnome for the second issue but this did not work.

I'm being honest when I say, I do not know what the above command does. I am happy to have the tracker-extract back if it is necessary to have the system run correctly.

I appreciate any advice.

Kritter
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  • You did not choose to follow the accepted answer in the thread you linked to. Did you start your file manager? I think it is gone too, although I was not expecting your text editor to go. – vanadium Jan 03 '22 at 19:20
  • After reading your comment, I realized that it wasn't the text editor icon that disappeared from the dock but the file manager icon. I apologize for my mistake. Also, after reading your comment, I tried to start the file manager and realized it is not installed. So I installed it. I now have the desktop icon back in the dock. Thankyou – Kritter Jan 03 '22 at 19:29
  • Use the "accepted" answer (and upvote if it works) to disable tracker. I answered your question. – vanadium Jan 03 '22 at 19:37

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You followed the wrong approach to disable tracker. In Ubuntu 20.04 and up, the file manager nautilus depends on tracker. So removing tracker automatically uninstalls nautilus as well. And since the Gnome Shell desktop icons extension depends on nautilus, that is gone as well.

A fool-proof way to restore all your Ubuntu desktop components may be to reinstall the ubuntu-desktop package (which is gone too):

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop`

This will restore your File manager, your desktop icons, and any other Ubuntu desktop compound you may have removed.

To disable Tracker, follow the right approach.

vanadium
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