Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 2021-04-13

Chapter 35. Xfce Desktop

thunar-4.16.6

Introduction to thunar

Thunar is the Xfce file manager, a GTK+ 3 GUI to organise the files on your computer.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

Thunar Dependencies

Required

Exo-4.16.1

Required (Runtime)

hicolor-icon-theme-0.17

Recommended

libgudev-236, libnotify-0.7.9, and PCRE-8.44

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 (for documentation), Gvfs-1.48.0 (for remote browsing and automounting), libexif-0.6.22 and tumbler-4.16.0 (runtime)

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

Installation of Thunar

First prevent the installation of an unneeded systemd file: 

sed -i 's/\tinstall-systemd_userDATA/\t/' Makefile.in

Install Thunar by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/Thunar-4.16.6 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: Thunar (symlink to thunar), thunar, and thunar-settings
Installed Libraries: libthunarx-3.so, thunar-apr.so, thunar-sbr.so, thunar-uca.so, thunar-wallpaper-plugin.so, and libthunar-tpa.so
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/Thunar, /usr/include/thunarx-3, /usr/lib/Thunar, /usr/lib/thunarx-3, /usr/lib/xfce4, /usr/share/Thunar, /usr/share/doc/thunar-4.16.6, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/thunarx, and /usr/share/xfce4

Short Descriptions

thunar

is the Xfce file manager

thunar-settings

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

libthunarx-3.so

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

Last updated on 2021-04-05 07:36:04 -0500