How To Install thunar on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar on Debian 12.
What is thunar
thunar is:
Thunar is the file manager designed to be the default file manager for the Xfce desktop environment. It has been designed to be fast and easy to use.
Also included is an Xfce panel plugin which can manage the desktop trash.
There are three methods to install thunar on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install thunar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install thunar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thunar
Install thunar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thunar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thunar
Install thunar 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 thunar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thunar
How To Uninstall thunar on Debian 12
To uninstall only the thunar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thunar
Uninstall thunar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thunar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunar
Remove thunar Configurations and Data
To remove thunar configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thunar
Remove thunar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thunar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunar
Dependencies
thunar have the following dependencies:
- desktop-file-utils
- exo-utils
- shared-mime-info
- thunar-data
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libexo-2-0
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgudev-1.0-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
