How To Install Thunar on CentOS 8

Thunar is Thunar File Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install Thunar on CentOS 8.

What is `Thunar`

Thunar is a new modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It 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. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and directory load time.

We can use yum or dnf to install Thunar on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install Thunar.

Install Thunar on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install Thunar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install Thunar

Install Thunar on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install Thunar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install Thunar

How To Uninstall Thunar on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the Thunar package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove Thunar

Thunar Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/xdg/Thunar
/etc/xdg/Thunar/uca.xml
/usr/bin/Thunar
/usr/bin/thunar
/usr/bin/thunar-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/f6af759b9785c6bf7206e482d76b525040dfe1
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/bd2d6c908353c936bfc5630cc022026f12a587
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/3aa6152b592ac7c4697cf7e197021241b73929
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/a9b4609d3a0017a28963f926dfd462b6e99414
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/31b972089ad7b2dac1d37208e079c6c1d7a079
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/d9da880b8dd2f0cf8a65c63e9f13f057176dfd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/f010c1ae149412ed6c443e993e29cdfef4bafb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/bb9a0f8fdc4b8d7b1837b7eb813af20ee2e7cd
/usr/lib/systemd/user/thunar.service
/usr/lib64/Thunar
/usr/lib64/Thunar/ThunarBulkRename
/usr/lib64/Thunar/thunar-sendto-email
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Thunarx-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libthunarx-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libthunarx-3.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/thunarx-3
/usr/lib64/thunarx-3/thunar-apr.so
/usr/lib64/thunarx-3/thunar-sbr.so
/usr/lib64/thunarx-3/thunar-uca.so
/usr/lib64/thunarx-3/thunar-wallpaper-plugin.so
/usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libthunar-tpa.so
/usr/share/Thunar
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto/thunar-sendto-audacious-playlist.desktop
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto/thunar-sendto-blueman.desktop
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto/thunar-sendto-email.desktop
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto/thunar-sendto-gnome-bluetooth.desktop
/usr/share/Thunar/sendto/thunar-sendto-quodlibet-playlist.desktop
/usr/share/applications/thunar-bulk-rename.desktop
/usr/share/applications/thunar-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/thunar.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.FileManager.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Thunar.FileManager1.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Thunar.service
/usr/share/doc/Thunar
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/README
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/README.gtkrc
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/Thunar/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/Thunar.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/Thunar.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/stock/navigation
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/stock/navigation/stock_folder-copy.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/stock/navigation/stock_folder-move.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/Thunar.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/stock/navigation
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/stock/navigation/stock_folder-copy.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/stock/navigation/stock_folder-move.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/Thunar.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/Thunar.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/Thunar.svg
/usr/share/licenses/Thunar
/usr/share/licenses/Thunar/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/thunar.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/Thunar.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.xfce.thunar.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/Thunar
/usr/share/pixmaps/Thunar/Thunar-about-logo.png
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.xfce.thunar.policy
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/thunar-tpa.desktop

References

Thunar website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install Thunar on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.