PCManFM

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PCManFM is "an extremly fast, lightweight, yet feature-rich file manager with tabbed browsing". Source: PCManFM on sourceforge. PCManFM is the default file manager of the LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment).

Installation

Run the following command to install:

# pacman -S pcmanfm

You will also require the FAM (File Alteration Monitor) daemon to pick up events such as files and directories changes. This is required by PCManFM to start:

# pacman -S fam

You can start FAM by typing:

# /etc/rc.d/famd start

And if you like add it to your /etc/rc.conf file:

DAEMONS==(@syslog-ng fam network netfs @crond)

Or, instead of fam, you could install gamin, which does not require a daemon running:

# pacman -S gamin

Then launch PCManFM with:

$ pcmanfm

No icons?

If you are using a window manager over a desktop environment and notice you have no icons for folders and files, install an icon theme:

# pacman -S tango-icon-theme

Then edit ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and add the following line:

gtk-icon-theme-name = "Tango"

NTFS write support

You have to tell PCManFM explicitly how to manage the ntfs-3g driver. It is not difficult, you just have to edit the configuration file at /usr/share/pcmanfm/mount.rules like the following:

File: /usr/share/pcmanfm/mount.rules
[ntfs-3g]
 #mount_options=locale=;exec
 mount_options=uid=1000;gid=100;fmask=0113;dmask=0002;locale=;exec

Obviously, you can select the permission you want.

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