{"id":33069,"date":"2020-12-11T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33069"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:44:49","slug":"xfe-lightweight-windows-explorer-like-file-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/xfe-lightweight-windows-explorer-like-file-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"XFE &#8211; A Lightweight Windows File Explorer Like File Manager for X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33070\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/file-browser-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>XFE (X File Explorer) is a lightweight Windows File Explorer or Commander like file manager for Unix \/ Linux X.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s small memory footprint, very fast, and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional, and aims to light desktop users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roland65.free.fr\/xfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XFE<\/a> features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UTF-8 support<\/li>\n<li>Commander\/Explorer interface with four UI modes<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal or vertical file panels stacking<\/li>\n<li>Integrated text editor (xfwrite), image viewer (xfimage)<\/li>\n<li>Integrated RPM or DEB packages installer \/ uninstaller (xfpack).&lt;.li&gt;<\/li>\n<li>Custom shell scripts (like Nautilus scripts)<\/li>\n<li>Search files and directories<\/li>\n<li>Disk usage command<\/li>\n<li>Mount\/Unmount devices (for Linux only)<\/li>\n<li>Color, control, and icon themes (GNOME, KDE, Windows, &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Create and extract archives (tar, compress, zip, gzip, bzip2, xz, lzh, rar, ace, arj and 7zip formats are supported)<\/li>\n<li>File comparison (through external tool)<\/li>\n<li>Thumbnails image previews<\/li>\n<li>Configurable key bindings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33071\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/xfe-filemanager.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/xfe-filemanager.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/xfe-filemanager-450x293.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>To install XFE in Ubuntu<\/b>, simply open <code style=\"border: none;\">terminal<\/code> and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install xfe<\/pre>\n<p><i>Refresh package cache by running <code>sudo apt update<\/code> if the package somehow is not found.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33072\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-xfe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-xfe.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/apt-xfe-450x233.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed open the file manager from your system application launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>(<b>Optional<\/b>) To remove XFE, run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove xfe<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XFE (X File Explorer) is a lightweight Windows File Explorer or Commander like file manager for Unix \/ Linux X. 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