How To Install thunar-volman 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 thunar-volman on Ubuntu.

What is `thunar-volman`

thunar-volman is:

The Thunar Volume Manager is an extension for the Thunar file manager, which enables automatic management of removable drives and media.

There are three methods to install thunar-volman 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 thunar-volman Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install thunar-volman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install thunar-volman

Install thunar-volman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thunar-volman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thunar-volman

Install thunar-volman 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 thunar-volman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thunar-volman

How To Uninstall thunar-volman on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the thunar-volman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thunar-volman

Uninstall thunar-volman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall thunar-volman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunar-volman

Remove thunar-volman Configurations and Data

To remove thunar-volman configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thunar-volman

Remove thunar-volman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove thunar-volman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunar-volman

Dependencies

thunar-volman have the following dependencies:

References

thunar-volman website

Summary

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