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Well there is midnight commander:
To install: sudo apt-get install mc
To run: mc
And also Last File Manager:
To install: sudo apt-get install lfm
To run: lfm
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Another useful filemanager that can be operated entirely from the keyboard is vifm and it is available in the repositories. You can install it with:
sudo apt-get install vifm
It has an ncurses style interface and is ideal for using on servers. It is quite similar to the other dual pane file managers mentioned except that it supports all the vim shortcuts. ...
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Install libfile-mimeinfo-perl from the repository
Run (in terminal) mimeopen -d ~/Desktop (any folder can be used)
mimeopen should prompt you to pick something to open it with. For me, PCManFM was the first option. Select the option that lists PCManFM.
Open Dropbox from the system tray. It should now open in PCManFM.
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GNOME Commander would be the most obvious choice. I don't use a specifically dual paned file manager so I couldn't really say which was best.
It's also worth noting that you can get a dual pane mode with Nautilus by pressing F3.
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To install Marlin in 11.10, enter the following commands in Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marlin-devs/marlin-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install marlin
Source: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/elementary-file-browser-marlin-is-now.html
Once Marlin has been installed, follow these instructions to set it as your default file manager:
Open ...
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Midnight Commander sounds like what you want:
mc
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When you open file manager you get
Now go to Menu --> Accessories --> File Manager --> right click, and choose properties
Change pcmafm to nautilus and you will get
However that only changes the application that will be opened by the shortcut "file manager". It does not make nautilus the "default file manager" in the proper sense: Opening a folder ...
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12.04 and above
Despite the weird naming convention, dropbox can be installed though the package nautilus-dropbox
nautilus-dropbox
The dependencies this installs are:
sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
[sudo] password for dad:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra ...
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I had the same question some time ago. And I tried all of the mentioned commanders. Krusader is by far the best one but I didn't want to have whole bunch of KDE libraries installed. Gnome-Commander cripples system theme in order to get some more speed (I guess) but it doesn't support tabs. Mucommander is Java based and lacks integration with system (and it's ...
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The name of the program causing Nautilus to show partition in the left side bar is gvfs-gdu-volume. To kill this process, run this command to see the PID of the program
sudo ps -e | grep gvfs-gdu-volume
In my system, the output is
6642 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
So, I know the PID is 6642, it may vary by time to time.
Kill that process with
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Ubuntu tweak might be helpful (I've never tried it on 11.10 but it works on 10.10) there is a section for Default folder Locations in Ubuntu tweak and you can change the folders, But I think you may need to mount the partitions after each reboot for access files through Home folder :-)
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This can be accomplished with symlinks. But first, you need to setup your system so that the D: partition is automounted every time you boot Ubuntu.
Run sudo blkid to see the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) for all of your partitions. Then you will have to edit your fstab with this information.
fstab is a file located in /etc/ which determines which ...
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You need to do a couple of things then a log out/in should restore. (may be another way but this should suffice
First restore your current Downloads folder's icon
Open your home folder & right click on the Downloads folder > properties. Click on the folder icon, this will bring up a select custom icon window.
Browse to File System > usr > share ...
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First, reset all previous folder view preferences by deleting ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata (source)
Next, open Nautilus and select Edit -> Preferences -> Views (tab) -> View new folders using , and change to List View:
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The reason this information is not in the statusbar is probably because it requires a lot of disk reading to find the disk usage of a directory. Consider opening /. It'll have to recursively traverse the entire filesystem in order to find the disk usage. The ammount of free space on the other hand, is very quick to retrieve since each filesystem keeps track ...
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Found a solution here:
http://www.fandigital.com/2013/01/set-nemo-default-file-manager-ubuntu.html
The following command once typed into a terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T) makes nemo default
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
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One possibility is Calibre.
It is an ebook management program which permits conversion to various ebook formats but is cross-platform and can manage databases of pdf files (and not only).
If you decide to install I suggest you do so manually as the version in the repos is not very up to date. Follow the instructions on the site.
A screenshot:
Another ...
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Neither Thunar, PCManFM, nor Nautilus have this feature, I don't know about Dolphin as I don't have it Installed, while I think is possible they could have it they don't currently use it.
As @Tom mentioned in the comments, Gnome Sushi is the closest to have that but you need to press the Space bar for the window to show and I don't know if if it's a bug ...
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Mucommander
Also look at the following link,
10 Total Commander Alternatives for Linux
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You'll need to associate p7zip with .rar file types. To do so find a .rar file and Right Click that file and choose "Open With Other Application..."
In the "Other Application" menu select "Use a custom command" and enter /usr/bin/p7zip -d and check the "Remember this application" checkbox.
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Click on the Home Folder
Move you muse to the top bar of the screen, and click on view. This top-panel is where the global menu exists - most applications have their menu's in this location.
Click on List View to get what you want
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This answer includes instructions on how to add a third-party PPA - proceed with caution.
Yes, after you installed marlin with
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marlin-devs/marlin-daily; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install marlin
you can then install the Dropbox plugin for marlin and since you are at it add the Ubuntu One service plugin
sudo apt-get ...
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Problem
This tip will explain How to open a file manager of the current directory in the terminal
Solution 1
The following works in all desktop environments by using the default file manager:
xdg-open .
Solution 2
You can also open files from the terminal as if you had double clicked them in the file manager:
xdg-open file
Solution 3
If you are ...
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Dolphin view properties
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Dolphin > Settings > Configure Dolphin > General; Behavior tab - View Properties: Remember view properties for each folder / Use common view properties for all folders.
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Dolphin > View > Adjust View Properties > Apply View Properties To: Current folder / Current folder including all sub-folders / All folders
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This ...
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This is two questions. First, the .deb file you installed has "nautilus" as one of its requirements. I can confirm this, because I had to install the gnome runtime stuff and Nautilus in order to get it to install.
Secondly, unless you reconfigured your system's default window explorer, you are using Thunar. This is because doing apt-get install nautilus ...
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There are several caveats in what you tried to do. I already mentioned the danger introduced by your approach:
Next time nautilus is going to be updated, your dolphin gets overwritten (as your link points there). Same goes for gnome-terminal.
So we figured, this was not a good idea :)
But there are some ways to try working around, so "x" gets run when ...
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That's Marlin File Manager. You can install this by adding the marlin-daily ppa to your system:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marlin-devs/marlin-daily
sudo apt-get update
and running sudo apt-get install marlin marlin-plugin-*.
Be warned, however, that this piece of software is not yet stable and is constantly being updated. It might suddenly break or ...
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There's no single file manager from what I know, which comes with all those features out of box. But let's look at alternatives we have...
First of all, why not add some functionality to nautilus itself?
Check out these links:
http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/6-useful-nautilus-extensions-and.html
...
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Go to Preferences → Customize Look and Feel from the menu
Change the theme to Lubuntu-default in widget tab. It will make nautilus to look good and compatible with other Lubuntu apps
Response to latest updates of requirements by OP
If you don't want to change your theme, I fear it is not possible to workaround this. Because, nautilus version 3.0 or ...
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I think the bottom method from the community entry on Default File Manager is very easy, and I just tested it for SpaceFM (feature-richer PcManFM fork).
In terminal, execute
exo-preferred-applications
Then move to the Utilities tab, and under File Manager, choose your weapon of choice.
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