Mdfind Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian

Mdfind Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian

mdfind

GNUstep Finder and system-wide search system

Maintainer: Debian GNUstep maintainers



Section: gnustep

Install mdfind

  • Debian apt-get install mdfinder.app Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install mdfinder.app Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install mdfinder.app Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install mdfinder.app Click to copy

mdfinder.app

GNUstep Finder and system-wide search system

MDFinder is a an application to search items already indexed by the GWMetadata indexing system, a GNUstep implementation of MacOS X's proprietary Spotlight. Searches can be saved and are automatically updated if the corresponding files change. Indexing is done in the background and is switched off by default. To enable it and configure the search path, use the dedicated module in the SystemPreferences application.

Installing mdfind command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of mdfind 2026 package in your OS.