Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 36. Xfce Desktop

Thunar-1.6.10

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-7.8 platform.

Package Information

Thunar Dependencies

Required

Exo-0.10.6 and libxfce4ui-4.12.1

Required (Runtime)

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

Recommended

libgudev-230, libnotify-0.7.6 and xfce4-panel-4.12.0

Optional

Gvfs-1.24.2 (for remote browsing and automounting), libexif-0.6.21 and Tumbler-0.1.31 (runtime)

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

Installation of Thunar

Install Thunar by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/Thunar-1.6.10 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

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,thunarx-2}, /usr/share/doc/Thunar-1.6.10, and /usr/share/{pixmaps,}/Thunar

Short Descriptions

Thunar

is a symbolic link to thunar.

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-2.so

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

Last updated on 2015-09-29 15:22:51 -0700