#Double commander how to#
#Double commander install#

Generally speaking, you can be assured of easy installation and fully certified functionality by sticking to the software available to you in the Ubuntu Software Center, although I will admit that sometimes I need to install something it doesn't offer, such as the proprietary software for my Withings smart scale or the aftermarket software to operate my brother label printer. The other two file managers to be found in the software center are called 'Tux Commander' and 'Krusader'.

Until reading your post today, I had only installed ' gnome commander' which I had installed on this system as I had been using it the longest, but after looking at the features of another one called ' Midnight Commander' I installed that one just now because it looks like it might even be better. You can find not less than FOUR of them in the UBUNTU SOFTWARE CENTER. Outside of the apparent fact that what you are attempting to install is classified as BETA SOFTWARE (never a good idea), I can't speak for what may be wrong with the failed installation you were trying to make, but I could make a suggestion or four to ensure success if all you want is a file manager that works in a nearly identical fashion.Īs a old-timey classic DOS user who very much appreciated the release of Norton Commander in the late 1980's, I was thrilled to hear there were several nearly identical two-panel file managers for Linux. Now there is an executable file and a shortcut, the program runs. There is no /usr/lib/doublecmd/doublecmd, so nothing runs. I tried installing doublecmd-common and there wasn't any shortcut in the menus created, I did get these files installed: $ ll /usr/bin/dou* This entry was posted in Tools and tagged dll, File Management, Tool by admin.

All hotkeys are configurable: Configuration-Options-Keys-Hot keys.

You can color files according to their types: Configuration-Options-Colors-File types.Much easier and faster than right-click-properties-details. Now, when a dll is highlighted and I hit F3, its complete version info is shown. Resulting is a command like version.exe %p Under Commad select the + on the right and there Run in terminal (as my version reading program is a command line tool).This relates to the View command or cm_View in the DC. Under Actions select Add and then click the + and select View.Under Extensions select Add and type in dll.Under File types select Add and add file type dll.

Open Options dialog, select node File associations.

So I connected the F3 key with a viewer for the dll version like this: For example, I as a software developer often need to know the version of a certain dll.

You can connect file extensions with commands and hotkeys.

Add a tooltip, icon and hotkey as you like.

You can use anything you want as a command and you can pass parameters like the currently selected file or path to it.

Select an internal command from the combobox or create an external command.

Double click one of them to add a connection.ĭC is extremely configurable and extensible.

Double-click on FTP, then it will show Add connection and Quick connection.

One of the panes then will show the entries FTP and Network.

When using this feature the first time, do this: But you could also configure DC to use the diff tool you prefer.

Under Files-Compare by Content you’ll find a diff tool.

You can create symbolic and hard filesystem links.

to rename songs downloaded from wherever.

Under Files-Multi Rename it has got a tool with which you can do a rule-based rename of many files easily.

#Double commander how to#

I love Double Commander (DC) as a two-pane file manager and have already written about its basic features, how to add 7z support and some svn woes.īut DC has got some advanced features which you maybe wouldn’t expect.