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Shihab Khan
Asked: 2020-09-25 04:23:55 +0800 CST

How to make PCManFM default file manager in Ubuntu 20.04.1?

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I am using Ubuntu 20.04.1 with nautilus file manager version 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1. I have installed PCManFM 1.3.1. What can I do to make it the default file browser?

I installed exo-open 0.12.11 and tried to change the default file manager via exo-preferred-applications to PCManFM but it still doesn't work.

How can I make this happen?

nautilus lubuntu filemanager pcmanfm 20.04

1 Answers

  1. Then disable Nautilus from drawing the desktop icons by executing in a terminal:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false

    Then allow Pcmanfm to draw the desktop icons for you:

    gsettings set org.pcmanfm.desktop show-desktop-icons true

    Now execute the following command:

    xdg-mime default pcmanfm.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

    Edit /etc/mime.types and carefully review if nothing is left of nautilus. If it is, replace it by pcmanfm.

    Reboot afterwards.

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