Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.7

Chapter 32. Xfce Desktop

Thunar-1.6.4

Introduction to Thunar

Thunar is the Xfce file manager, a GTK+ 2 GUI to organise the files on your computer.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

Thunar Dependencies

Required

Exo-0.10.2 and libxfce4ui-4.10.0

Required (Runtime)

gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0 or lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1

Recommended

libnotify-0.7.6, startup-notification-0.12, udev-extras (from eudev) (for GUdev) and xfce4-panel-4.10.1

Optional

Gvfs-1.22.3 (for remote browsing and automounting), libexif-0.6.21 and Tumbler-0.1.30 (runtime)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/thunar

Installation of Thunar

[Note]

Note

By default, Thunar installs its menu in the System category. If desired, change it to the Utiliities category: 

sed -i 's/System;//' Thunar.desktop.in.in

Install Thunar by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/Thunar-1.6.4 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: Thunar, thunar and thunar-settings
Installed Libraries: libthunarx-2.so and /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libthunar-tpa.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/Thunar, /usr/include/thunarx-2, /usr/lib/Thunar, /usr/lib/thunarx-2, /usr/share/doc/Thunar-1.6.4, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/thunarx, /usr/share/pixmaps/Thunar and /usr/share/Thunar

Short Descriptions

Thunar

is the Xfce file manager.

thunar

is a symbolic link to Thunar.

thunar-settings

is a shell script that launches a dialog box to allow you to alter the behaviour of Thunar.

libthunarx-2.so

contains the Thunar extension library which permits adding new features to the Thunar file manager.

Last updated on 2015-02-22 14:34:08 -0800