How To Install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7. thunar-archive-plugin is Archive plugin for the Thunar file manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7.

What is thunar-archive-plugin

The Thunar Archive Plugin allows you to create and extract archive files using the file context menus in the Thunar file manager. Starting with version 0.2.0, the plugin provides a generic scripting interface for archive managers.

We can use yum or dnf to install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install thunar-archive-plugin.

Install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install thunar-archive-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install thunar-archive-plugin

Install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install thunar-archive-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install thunar-archive-plugin

How To Uninstall thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove thunar-archive-plugin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-archive-plugin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.