What is it?

Thunar is a modern file manager for the Unix/Linux desktop, aiming to be easy-to-use and fast.

Required packages

Thunar depends on the following packages:

• perl 5.6 or above
• GTK+ 2.14.0 or above
• GLib 2.18.0 or above
• exo 0.5.1 or above
• intltool 0.30 or above

Thunar can optionally use the following packages:

• D-Bus 0.34 or above (strongly suggested)
• libstartup-notification 0.4 or above
• xfce4-panel 4.3.90 or above (for the trash applet)
• xfconf-query

Installation

The file 'INSTALL' contains generic installation instructions. For more detailed information, visit the Thunar website at http://thunar.xfce.org/.

Debugging Support

Thunar currently supports four different levels of debugging support, which can be setup using the configure flag --enable-debug' (check the output of configure --help'):

`full' Use this if you want to debug Thunar to locate a bug. The build will most probably be noticably slower. This is also recommended for people that want to develop Thunar stuff.

`yes' This is the default for SVN snapshot builds. It adds all kinds of checks to the code, and is therefore likely to run slower. Use this if you want to develop for Thunar (e.g. writing Thunar extensions and such).

`minimum' This is the default for release builds, and presents the recommended behaviour.

`no' Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know exactly what you do.

Standards compliance

Thunar supports the following standards/specifications:

• XDG Base Directory Specification http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fbasedir_2dspec

• Shared MIME Database Specification http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fshared_2dmime_2dinfo_2dspec

• X Direct Save (XDS) Protocol for the X Window System http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fdirect_2dsave

• Icon Theme Specification http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2ficon_2dtheme_2dspec

• Thumbnail Managing Standard http://jens.triq.net/thumbnail-spec/index.html

• File URI Specification http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2ffile_2duri_2dspec

• Desktop Trash Can Specification http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2ftrash_2dspec

How to report bugs?

Bugs should be reported to the Xfce bug tracking system (http://bugzilla.xfce.org, product Thunar). You will need to create an account for yourself.

Please read the HACKING file for information on where to send changes or bugfixes for this package.