How To Install pcmanfm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcmanfm
Remove pcmanfm Configurations and Data
To remove pcmanfm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
