topic title: qtfm file manager.
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#16
I've also been playing with LightDM
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. It's quite easy to setup & theme.

With SLIM I was getting X session errors such as"cannot find display" after resuming from suspend (mainly & sometimes randomly) & thought perhaps it was due to SLIM's lack of policykit / consolekit integration ?
tradetaxfree
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#17
DM - I just noticed your Shoutbox.

To build qtfm I installed the build dependencies:

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apt-get install libqt4-dev
This pulls in the following dependencies:

qt4-qmake
qt4-linguist-tools
libqtgui4
libqtcore4
libqtgui4
libqt4-xmlpatterns
libqt4-xml
libqt4-test
libqt4-svg
libqt4-sql
libqt4-scripttools
libqt4-script
libqt4-qt3support
libqt4-network
libqt4-help
libqt4-designer
libqt4-declarative
libqt4-dbus

Then in the root of the source tree (as shown in the README):

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qmake
make
To build debs from non debian sources the easiest way (while still in the source tree):

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apt-get install checkinstall
checkinstall
& follow the prompts from checkinstall.

I usually run checkinstall --install=no if I am rebuilding a deb that is currently installed & uninstall it first before installing the new deb.
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#18
I've built a new qtfm 5.4 deb
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It automounts USB drives without any problems & is quite usable now with Custom Actions & support for MIME types.

Install the QT dependencies:

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apt-get install libqt4-network libqtgui4
To get the icons working correctly in qtfm:

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apt-get install tango-icon-theme
nano ~/.config/qtfm/qtfm.conf
& add to the [General] section at the top:

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forceTheme=Tango
Custom Actions

For greater control of Custom Actions (& for"Edit as Root" to work for all text files), add the following to the [General] section at the top:

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realMimeTypes=1
& change the [customActions] section of ~/.config/qtfm/qtfm.conf to:

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[customActions]
%00=application/x-gzip, Extract here, package-x-generic, tar xf %f
%01=folder, Term here, terminal, urxvt -cd %F
%02=*, Compress, filesave, tar czf %n.tar.gz %f
%03=application/zip, Extract here, package-x-generic, unzip %f
%04=text, Edit as Root, accessories-text-editor, gksu leafpad %f
%05=application/x-debian-package, Open with Gdebi, package-x-generic, gksu gdebi-gtk %f
%06=application/x-7z-compressed, Extract here, package-x-generic, 7z e %f
%07=application/x-rar, Extract here, package-x-generic, unrar-nonfree e %f
%08=folder, Root Term here, system-lock-screen, gksu roxterm %F
The above custom actions assume you have unrar & p7zip-full installed so 7z & rar archives can be extracted & also gdebi to install deb packages.
Last edited by tradetaxfree on 01 May 2012, 05:59, edited 1 time in total.
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#19
qtFM version 5.5 beta (contains a few fixes not in 5.4)

The deb package can be found
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. The deb now installs the dependencies (libc6, libqt4-network (>=4.6), libqtgui4 (>=4.6)) & also has the
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script included for upacking archives.

** If you already use Xtract ** from Ignorant Guru's PPA you will want
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built without Xtract.

The following archives are supported:

gz .bz2 .7z .xz .txz .tgz .zip .ZIP .rar .RAR .iso .ISO .tar .tar.gz .tar.xz .tar.bz2 .tar.7z

To get the icons working correctly in qtfm:


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For quick icons:

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apt-get install tango-icon-theme
nano ~/.config/qtfm/qtfm.conf
& add to the [General] section at the top:

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forceTheme=Tango
Custom Actions

For greater control of Custom Actions (& for"Edit as Root" to work for all text files), add the following to the [General] section at the top:

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realMimeTypes=1
& change the [customActions] section of ~/.config/qtfm/qtfm.conf to:

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[customActions]
%00=folder, Open as Root, changes-allow, gksu qtfm %F
%01=folder, Term here, terminal, roxterm -d %F
%02=text, Edit as Root, accessories-text-editor, gksu leafpad %f
%03=application/x-debian-package, Open with Gdebi, package-x-generic, gksu gdebi-gtk %f
%04=folder, Root Term here, system-lock-screen, gksu roxterm %F
%05=*, Symlink in ~/, emblem-symbolic-link, ln -s %F ~/%f
%06="application/x-gzip,application/zip,application/x-7z-compressed,application/x-rar,application/x-bzip2,application/x-iso9660-image,application/x-xz,application/x-xz-compressed-tar,application/x-tar,application/x-tarz", Xtract, package-x-generic, xtract %F
%07=*, Compress, filesave, tar czf %n.tar.gz %f
The above Custom Actions now include options for "Opening Folder as Root" & also for "Symlink in ~/" - which places the symlink with the absolute path to the $TARGET in your $HOME directory (the symlink can therefore be moved anywhere)

For all of the Custom Actions to work make sure you have the following installed:

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apt-get install unrar p7zip-full xz-lzma gdebi
I found that qtFM was not picking up icons for PDF & ISO files correctly on my system - this & other icon errors can be fixed with:

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sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/
rm ~/.config/qtfm/*.cache
& closing & reopening qtFM
Last edited by tradetaxfree on 03 May 2012, 09:50, edited 6 times in total.
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NoSavvy
Joined: 05 Aug 2009
#20
#taxfree

that's a nice little howto.

Thanks.

NS.
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#21
The most compatible icon set I've found with qtFM:


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(for blue folders instead of the default brown)

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(extra icons)

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(Faenza inherits these)

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See my guide for
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tradetaxfree
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
#22
To have QT use your GTK Themes:

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apt-get install qt4-qtconfig
qtconfig-qt4
& Select"GTK+" from the"Select GUI Style" menu

I've also built debs for the
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desktop
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& found
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- a fast QT browser based on webkit.