How To Install pcmanfm on Debian 10

Learn how to install pcmanfm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pcmanfm is extremely fast and lightweight file manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm on Debian 10.

What is pcmanfm

pcmanfm is:

PCMan File Manager is a GTK+ based file manager, featuring:

  • Extremely fast and lightweight
  • Can be started in one second on normal machine
  • Tabbed browsing (similar to Firefox)
  • Drag & Drop support
  • Files can be dragged among tabs
  • Load large directories in reasonable time
  • File association support (Default application)
  • Basic thumbnail support
  • Bookmarks support
  • Handles non-UTF-8 encoded filenames correctly
  • Provide icon view and detailed list view
  • Standard compliant (Follows FreeDesktop.org)
  • Clean and user-friendly interface (GTK+ 2)
  • Support GVFS for auto-mount handling on removable devices

There are three methods to install pcmanfm on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pcmanfm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pcmanfm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcmanfm

Install pcmanfm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pcmanfm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pcmanfm

Install pcmanfm Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pcmanfm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcmanfm

How To Uninstall pcmanfm on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove pcmanfm

Uninstall pcmanfm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pcmanfm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcmanfm

Remove pcmanfm Configurations and Data

To remove pcmanfm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcmanfm

Remove pcmanfm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pcmanfm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcmanfm

Dependencies

pcmanfm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.