Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know Sunflower is a highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux and Unix Systems, written in GTK. While it already comes with a few plugins enabled by default, new plugins can be added.
The latest version available is Sunflower 0.2.59, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Multiple file system monitor
- Drag and drop in same directory
- Column font size
- Auto-complete in manual location entry
- Support for XDG directory icons
- Right-click drag and drop with options “Copy”, “Move”, “Link”
- Option to choose to allow multiple instances
- Emblem support
- DBus support interface
- Locking tabs and tab menus
- Linking using with drag and drop
- Affected items list in copy/move dialog
In this article I will show you how to install Sunflower 0.2.59 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2, Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy, SparkyLinux and other Ubuntu and Debian derivative systems.
For Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative systems, Sunflower 0.2.59 is available via PPA, so installing it is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the sunflower package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/sunflower
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sunflower
Optional, to remove Sunflower 0.2.59, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove sunflower
For Debian, SparkyLinux and other Debian derivative systems, we have to download the deb package from the project’s website and install it via command-line. I prefer gdebi over dpkg, due to the fact that it also handles dependencies.
$ wget http://sunflower-fm.org/pub/sunflower-0.2.59-1.all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi sunflower-0.2.59-1.all.deb
Optional, to remove Sunflower do:
$ sudo apt-get remove sunflower