How To Install pcmanfm on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm on Ubuntu.

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. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

pcmanfm have the following dependencies:

References

pcmanfm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanfm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.