Thunar
Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy to use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive and does not include any confusing or useless options by default. Thunar starts up quickly and navigating through files and folders is fast and responsive. It is written in GTK+ 3.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for xfce-base/thunar File manager for the Xfce desktop environment
exif
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Add support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images |
introspection
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Add support for GObject based introspection |
libnotify
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Enable desktop notification support |
pcre
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Add support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions |
trash-panel-plugin
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Build the trash status indicator plugin for the XFCE panel |
udisks
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Enable storage management support (automounting, volume monitoring, etc) |
Emerge
Emerge Thunar:
root #emerge --ask xfce-base/thunarAdditional software
GVfs
GVfs comes with a set of backends, including trash support, SFTP, SMB, HTTP, DAV, and many others.
Thunar will interact with gvfs via udisks when the udisks USE is enabled.
In the location dialog (opened with Ctrl+L) type one of the following: smb://, ftp://, ssh://, sftp://, davs:// followed by the server hostname or IP address.
Tumbler
Tumbler is an external program to generate thumbnails.
root #emerge --ask xfce-base/tumblerthunar-volman
Automatic management of removable devices in Thunar.
To let Thunar handle automatic mounting, one must launch thunar in daemon mode.
Make sure the command thunar --daemon is autostarted on login.
root #emerge --ask xfce-base/thunar-volmanraw-thumbnailer
A lightweight and fast raw image thumbnailer that can be used to display raw thumbnails.
root #emerge --ask media-gfx/raw-thumbnailerTroubleshooting
Thunar taking a long time to start
In some cases it has been reported that Thunar would take a long time to start for the first time. This is caused by gvfs checking the network and preventing Thunar to start until the operation finishes. If this is an issue, it may be possible to edit /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount and change AutoMount=true to AutoMount=false.
See also
- Dolphin — KDE's file manager that allows navigating and browsing the contents of hard drives, USB sticks, SD cards, and more. Creating, moving, or deleting files and folders is simple and fast.
- File managers — a computer program that allows for the manipulation of files and directories on a computer's filesystem.
- PCManFM — a powerful yet lightweight file manager application, default file manager of LXDE.
- Recommended applications — applications recommended for use in a graphical environment (X11, Wayland)