How To Install thunar-volman on CentOS 8

thunar-volman is Automatic management of removable drives and media for Thunar

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-volman on CentOS 8.

What is `thunar-volman`

The Thunar Volume Manager is an extension for the Thunar file manager, which enables automatic management of removable drives and media. For example, if thunar-volman is installed and configured properly, and you plug in your digital camera, it will automatically launch your preferred photo application and import the new pictures from the camera into your photo collection.

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

Install thunar-volman 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-volman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install thunar-volman

Install thunar-volman 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-volman using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install thunar-volman

How To Uninstall thunar-volman on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the thunar-volman package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove thunar-volman

thunar-volman Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/thunar-volman
/usr/bin/thunar-volman-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/4f6b6b4f4892fa3dd5731d05cf5aaafa4598a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/c31f76d00f8d9b9024eef85c6c3230eec4aa42
/usr/share/applications/thunar-volman-settings.desktop
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman/README
/usr/share/doc/thunar-volman/THANKS
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/tvm-burn-cd.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/tvm-dev-pocketpc.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/tvm-burn-cd.svg
/usr/share/licenses/thunar-volman
/usr/share/licenses/thunar-volman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/thunar-volman.mo

References

thunar-volman website

Summary

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