%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ Rox-Filer-&rox-filer-version; rox-filer Introduction to Rox-Filer rox-filer is a fast, lightweight, gtk2 file manager. &lfs91_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &rox-filer-md5sum; Download size: &rox-filer-size; Estimated disk space required: &rox-filer-buildsize; Estimated build time: &rox-filer-time; rox-filer Dependencies Required and User Notes: Kernel Configuration If you want rox-filer to be able to update the contents of a directory when changes are made to the files by other applications (eg, if a script is running) you will need to enable dnotify support in your kernel. In make menuconfig: File systems ---> [*] Dnotify support [CONFIG_DNOTIFY] Save the new .config and then compile the kernel. rox-filer Installation of Rox-Filer Compile rox-filer with the following commands: cd ROX-Filer && sed -i 's:g_strdup(getenv("APP_DIR")):"/usr/share/rox":' src/main.c && sed -i 's/gboolean/extern &/' src/session.h && mkdir build && pushd build && ../src/configure LIBS="-lm -ldl" && make && popd Now install it as the root user: mkdir -p /usr/share/rox && cp -av Help Messages Options.xml ROX images style.css .DirIcon /usr/share/rox && cp -av ../rox.1 /usr/share/man/man1 && cp -v ROX-Filer /usr/bin/rox && chown -Rv root:root /usr/bin/rox /usr/share/rox && cd /usr/share/rox/ROX/MIME && ln -sv text-x-{diff,patch}.png && ln -sv application-x-font-{afm,type1}.png && ln -sv application-xml{,-dtd}.png && ln -sv application-xml{,-external-parsed-entity}.png && ln -sv application-{,rdf+}xml.png && ln -sv application-x{ml,-xbel}.png && ln -sv application-{x-shell,java}script.png && ln -sv application-x-{bzip,xz}-compressed-tar.png && ln -sv application-x-{bzip,lzma}-compressed-tar.png && ln -sv application-x-{bzip-compressed-tar,lzo}.png && ln -sv application-x-{bzip,xz}.png && ln -sv application-x-{gzip,lzma}.png && ln -sv application-{msword,rtf}.png Command Explanations sed -i 's:g_strdup(getenv("APP_DIR")):"/usr/share/rox":' src/main.c: This command hard codes /usr/share/rox as the directory for rox-filer's private files. Without this sed rox needs the environment variable ${APP_DIR} to be set. sed -i 's/gboolean/extern &/' src/session.h: This command fixes a multiple definition flagged as an error by GCC 10 and higher. ln -sv application-...: These commands duplicate the icons for some common mime types. Without these links rox-filer would just display the default "unknown binary blob" icon. Configuring RoxFiler Configuration Information Most of the configuration of rox-filer is achieved by right clicking on a rox-filer window and choosing "Options" from the menu. It stores its settings in ~/.config/rox.sourceforge.net. A rox-filer feature is that if there is an executable file called AppRun in a directory rox-filer will first run AppRun before it opens the folder. As an example of how this may be used, if you have ssh access to another computer (perhaps another computer on your local network) with ssh configured for passwordless logins and you have installed you can use AppRun to mount the remote computer in a local folder using sshfs. For this example AppRun script to work the folder must have the same name as the hostname of the remote computer: cat > /path/to/hostname/AppRun << "HERE_DOC" #!/bin/bash MOUNT_PATH="${0%/*}" HOST=${MOUNT_PATH##*/} export MOUNT_PATH HOST sshfs -o nonempty ${HOST}:/ ${MOUNT_PATH} rox -x ${MOUNT_PATH} HERE_DOC chmod 755 /path/to/hostname/AppRun That works fine for mounting, but to unmount it the command fusermount -u ${MOUNTPOINT} is ran. You could set that as your default umount command in your rox preferences, but you would then be unable to unmount any normal mountpoints (that need umount). A script is needed that will unmount a Fuse mountpoint with fusermount -u ${MOUNTPOINT} and everything else with umount. As the root user: cat > /usr/bin/myumount << "HERE_DOC" && #!/bin/bash sync if mount | grep "${@}" | grep -q fuse then fusermount -u "${@}" else umount "${@}" fi HERE_DOC chmod 755 /usr/bin/myumount Now, to make Rox use this simple script, open a Rox window, right click on it and choose Options from the menu. In the left hand list choose "Action windows" and then on the right hand side, where it says "Unmount command" change umount to myumount. If you use a desktop environment like Gnome or KDE you may like to create a rox.desktop file so that rox-filer appears in the panel's menus. As the root user: ln -s ../rox/.DirIcon /usr/share/pixmaps/rox.png && mkdir -p /usr/share/applications && cat > /usr/share/applications/rox.desktop << "HERE_DOC" [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Name=Rox Comment=The Rox File Manager Icon=rox Exec=rox Categories=GTK;Utility;Application;System;Core; StartupNotify=true Terminal=false HERE_DOC Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories rox None /usr/share/rox Short Descriptions rox is the rox file manager. rox-filer