Besides having a terminal open, these two utilities need to be installed:
$ sudo apt-get install patch diff
Next, let's create a fake configuration file that's copied from a real one:
$ cp /etc/updatedb.conf ~/updatedb-v2.conf
Open updatedb-v2.conf and change the contents to look like this:
PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS="yes"# PRUNENAMES=".git .bzr .hg .svn"PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /var/spool /media /home/.ecryptfs /var/lib/schroot /media /mount"PRUNEFS="NFS nfs nfs4 rpc_pipefs afs binfmt_misc proc smbfs autofs iso9660 ncpfs coda devpts ftpfs devfs mfs shfs sysfs cifs lustre tmpfs usbfs udf fuse.glusterfs fuse.sshfs curlftpfs ecryptfs fusesmb devtmpfs"
In the event that your updatedb-v2.conf looks drastically different, add /media /mount to the ...