How To Install rox-filer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rox-filer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rox-filer
rox-filer is:
ROX-Filer is a simple and easy to use graphical file manager for X11 based on the GTK2 library. It uses a uniform drag-and-drop approach for every operation.
It is also the core component of the ROX Desktop Environment.
Invoking rox opens each directory or file listed, or the current working directory if no arguments are given.
There are three methods to install rox-filer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rox-filer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rox-filer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rox-filer
Install rox-filer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rox-filer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rox-filer
Install rox-filer 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rox-filer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rox-filer
How To Uninstall rox-filer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rox-filer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rox-filer
Uninstall rox-filer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rox-filer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rox-filer
Remove rox-filer Configurations and Data
To remove rox-filer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rox-filer
Remove rox-filer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rox-filer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rox-filer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rox-filer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
