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README 

        
README for SpaceFM v1.0



    Homepage       http://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/

    Downloads      https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/releases

    News           http://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/news.html

    Wiki           https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki

    Screenshots    https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki/Screenshots

    Users Manual   http://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/spacefm-manual-en.html

    Forum          https://sourceforge.net/p/spacefm/discussion/general/

    Report Issues  https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/issues



CONTENTS



    DESCRIPTION

    PACKAGES

    INSTALLER

    DEPENDENCIES

    DOWNLOAD

    INSTALL

    BUILD DEBUG

    CREATE DEBIAN PACKAGE

    UNINSTALL

    USING GIT

    ENABLE KERNEL POLLING

    TRANSLATE

    RELEASE

    LICENSE

    DERIVATIVE WORKS



DESCRIPTION



    SpaceFM is a multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager for Linux with

    built-in VFS, udev- or HAL-based device manager, customisable menu system,

    and bash integration. SpaceFM aims to provide a stable, capable file

    manager with significant customisation capabilities.



PACKAGES



    SpaceFM is included in most distro repositories.  To find packages, forum

    threads, and other info for your distro, see:

        https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki/Distros



    For other distros, or to build with custom options, see INSTALLER below.



INSTALLER



    The easiest way to download and build SpaceFM is to use the net installer,

    which automates the instructions in this README. To download the installer:



    wget https://raw.github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/next/spacefm-installer

    # OR using curl:

    curl -L -o spacefm-installer \

            https://raw.github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/next/spacefm-installer



    To run the installer (MUST be run in a terminal):



        bash spacefm-installer



    Most users can press Enter to accept default values at both prompts.



    The installer will display dependencies for your chosen build.  If

    any dependencies are missing, examine the error, install missing packages,

    and try again.  See DEPENDENCIES below for reference.



    If you have already downloaded the source, the installer can be run from

    within the source directory to automatically build and install:



        ./spacefm-installer



    When SpaceFM is installed, the installer is also installed to /usr/bin.

    For automated options, run:  spacefm-installer --help



    To reinstall or upgrade, just run the installer again.  For example, to

    upgrade to the latest rolling release, just run:



        spacefm-installer --version=next --prefix=/usr



    To uninstall:   spacefm-installer --uninstall



DEPENDENCIES



    Install required build dependencies (below are Debian package names -

    packages names on your distro may vary but should be similar):



        autotools-dev bash build-essential intltool pkg-config fakeroot

        shared-mime-info desktop-file-utils libc6 libcairo2 libglib2.0-0

        libglib2.0-dev libpango1.0-0 libx11-6 libx11-dev libudev1

        libudev-dev libffmpegthumbnailer-dev



    Also, if using GTK2: libgtk2.0-0 (>=2.18) libgtk2.0-dev libgtk2.0-bin



    OR, if using GTK3:   libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-dev libgtk-3-bin



    Also, if you want to use startup notification: libstartup-notification0-dev



    For optional dbus support: dbus libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev



    RECOMMENDED: udevil|pmount|udisks gksu|kdesu|ktsuss|lxqt-sudo eject lsof

                 wget



    For additional mounting support: fuseiso curlftpfs jmtpfs gphotofs ifuse



    IMPORTANT: SpaceFM is highly integrated with bash and uses features of

    bash v4.  Attempting to substitute another shell for bash WILL cause

    feature breakage, even if not immediately apparent.  Install genuine bash.



    configure will report anything missing when you run it as shown below.



DOWNLOAD



    SpaceFM is distributed via Github:

        https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/releases



    First, make a temporary directory and enter it:



        mkdir /tmp/spacefm-build

        cd /tmp/spacefm-build



    To download a branch, particular version, or under-development commit, use:



    wget -O spacefm.tar.gz https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/archive/next.tar.gz



    The above example downloads the 'next' branch, which is SpaceFM's rolling

    release.  You can also substitute 'master' (stable release), a version

    number (eg '1.0.4'), or a commit (eg 1709b809) for 'next' in the above URL.



    Then, extract the archive, and enter the source directory:



        tar xzf spacefm.tar.gz && cd spacefm-*



    ALTERNATIVELY, instead of downloading the tarball with wget above, you can

    use git to clone the SpaceFM source repo, check signatures, and download

    upgrades.  See the USING GIT section further below.



INSTALL



    Use these commands to build and install:



        ./configure --prefix=/usr

        make -s

        sudo make install

        sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime > /dev/null

        sudo update-desktop-database -q

        sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor

        sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/Faenza



        # Remove Temporary Files

        cd / && rm -rf /tmp/spacefm-build



    If configure reports missing dependencies, install them and run configure

    again before proceeding to make.



    configure options for alternate builds:



    --with-gtk3

        By default, configure will use GTK2 if installed.  To force use of

        GTK3, add --with-gtk3.



        BE SURE to use a GTK3 theme which supports your CURRENT version of GTK3

        (no theme warnings should appear when spacefm is run in a terminal),

        or use Adwaita.



        PACKAGERS: Due to other desktop components, some users may require or

        prefer GTK2.  Please consider providing both spacefm-gtk2 and

        spacefm-gtk3 packages for your users.



    --disable-video-thumbnails

        Remove support for video thumbnails.  Omit libffmpegthumbnailer.



    --enable-hal

        Use HAL instead of udev.  Device manager functions are extremely

        limited.  Use of this build is only recommended if udev or eudev is not

        available.  SpaceFM HAL support is no longer actively developed, yet

        please report any build problems.

        Instead of libudev1 and libudev-dev, install:

            hal libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libhal-storage1 libhal1

            libdbus-glib-1-2 libdbus-glib-1-dev dbus libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev



    --sysconfdir=/etc

        Set the correct location of /etc on your system for installing

        /etc/spacefm/spacefm.conf.



    For additional configure options, see:  ./configure --help



    To run root commands, SpaceFM supports gksu, gksudo, gnomesu, kdesu,

    kdesudo, ktsuss, lxqt-sudo, xdg-su, su-to-root, su, and sudo.  To configure

    an additional terminal or graphical su program see

    /etc/spacefm/spacefm.conf. Or, to build with an additional graphical su

    program ('/usr/bin/mysu' in this example), add:

        --with-preferable-sudo=/usr/bin/mysu



    Note: When using older distros, enabling kernel polling may be required. If

    you insert a CD and SpaceFM still says 'no media', please see the ENABLE

    KERNEL POLLING section further below.



BUILD DEBUG



    If SpaceFM crashes or hangs on your system, you can help to correct this

    problem by reporting it, including a full backtrace.



    The easiest way to install a debug-compatible version of SpaceFM is using

    the installer.  See INSTALLER section above.  At the install options

    prompt, enter 1 for Debug.  Or run:  spacefm-installer --version=next 1



    OR, to manually build for debugging:



    1)  Install build dependencies for your build (see DEPENDENCIES above).



    2)  Install the 'gdb' GNU Debugger, and debugging library symbols.  For

        example on Debian (packages on other distros should have similar names):

        libc6-dbg libglib2.0-0-dbg libgtk2.0-0-dbg|libgtk-3-0-dbg librsvg2-dbg gdb



    3)  Follow the DOWNLOAD and INSTALL instructions above, substituting this

        configure command (add any other desired configure options):



            CFLAGS='-ggdb3' STRIP='!strip' ./configure --prefix=/usr



    4)  After completing the install, run spacefm with the debugger:



            gdb spacefm



        In gdb, enter 'run' at the prompt.  Or, to make gdb halt on any

        warnings, use 'run --g-fatal-warnings'.



        SpaceFM will start.  When the crash occurs, gdb will freeze SpaceFM.

        Or if SpaceFM hangs, press Ctrl-C in gdb to interrupt it, or in another

        terminal run:   killall -s KILL spacefm



    5)  In gdb enter:  thread apply all bt full



        Provide the output with your detailed bug report at

        https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/issues



    NOTE: When SpaceFM is built this way, it may run more slowly and use more

    memory.  Once you are done debugging, be sure to install a normal

    (optimized) build.



CREATE DEBIAN PACKAGE



    It's easy to create a binary deb package of SpaceFM on your Debian-based

    distro.  Please see the file distros/debian/README-DEBIAN.  Also note that

    there are SpaceFM packages in the official Debian repos and elsewhere:

    https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki/Debian



UNINSTALL



    If you installed from a package, use your package manager to remove

    SpaceFM.  Or, use the installer to uninstall:



        spacefm-installer --uninstall



    Otherwise, run these commands AS ROOT:



        rm /usr/bin/spacefm /usr/bin/spacefm-auth /usr/bin/spacefm-installer

        rm -r /usr/share/spacefm     # this may remove SpaceFM plugins

        rm /usr/share/pixmaps/spacefm.png

        rm /usr/share/pixmaps/spacefm-*.png

        rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/spacefm.png

        rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/spacefm-*.png

        rm /usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/48/spacefm.png

        rm /usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/48/spacefm-*.png

        rm /usr/share/*/LC_MESSAGES/spacefm.mo

        rm /usr/share/applications/spacefm*.desktop

        rm /usr/share/mime/packages/spacefm-mime.xml

        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime > /dev/null

        update-desktop-database -q

        gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor



USING GIT



    Instead of downloading a tarball to install SpaceFM, you can download some

    or all of the source repo using git.  See a tutorial for complete git

    instructions, but a few examples are provided below.



    To download just the source dir of a given branch, version, or commit, run:



        git clone --depth 1 -b next git://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm.git spacefm

        cd spacefm



    You can substitute any branch or version (eg 1.0.4) for 'next' in the above

    command.  To build and install, see INSTALL above, or run:

        ./spacefm-installer



    To pull in the latest changes to the next branch, run:



        git pull origin next



    Then you can proceed to INSTALL instructions to install the upgrade, or

    run:  ./spacefm-installer



    Although git already includes strong integrity protection, SpaceFM release

    tags are also signed with IgnorantGuru's GPG key 0x01937621 (Key

    fingerprint = 7977 070A 723C 6CCB 696C  0B02 27A5 AC5A 0193 7621).



    To verify the GPG signature on a release (1.0.4 in this example), run:

        git tag -v 1.0.4



    To download the full SpaceFM source repo, with all branches and history:



        git clone git://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm.git spacefm

        cd spacefm



    To find the sources for a particular branch (eg next or master), version,

    or commit (in this example, version 1.0.4), run:



        git checkout 1.0.4



    Then you can proceed to INSTALL instructions or run spacefm-installer.



    To create a tar.xz archive of the sources for version 1.0.4:



        git archive 1.0.4 --prefix=spacefm-1.0.4/ | xz > spacefm-1.0.4.tar.xz



ENABLE KERNEL POLLING



    Kernel polling, which allows for device and media change detection, is a

    newer feature of the Linux kernel and udev, so some distros don't yet have

    it enabled by default, but most already do.  If you insert a CD and SpaceFM

    still says 'no media', this is a symptom that kernel polling is not

    enabled.



    To use kernel polling, your Linux kernel may need to be 2.6.38 or newer,

    and udev may need to be version 173 or newer.



    TO DETERMINE IF KERNEL POLLING IS ENABLED:



        cat /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs

        cat /sys/block/sr0/events_poll_msecs



    If you get 0 or -1 from both of those commands, kernel polling may be

    disabled.



    TO ENABLE KERNEL POLLING PERMANENTLY (survives a reboot), add the

    following command to your /etc/rc.local file (anywhere before the

    'exit' line in that file):



        echo 2000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs



    Any number between 2000 and 5000 (milliseconds) should be reasonable -

    the higher 5000 means poll every 5 seconds, which is less overhead but

    a little slower.



    OR pass this option to the kernel boot command line in grub:



        block.events_dfl_poll_msecs=2000



    OR add a udev rule to enable kernel polling on removable devices:



        echo 'ACTION=="add", ATTR{removable}=="1", \

              ATTR{events_poll_msecs}=="-1", ATTR{events_poll_msecs}="2000"' \

              > /etc/udev/rules.d/61-removable-storage-polling.rules



    A reboot will be required for the above changes to take effect, or...



    TO ENABLE KERNEL POLLING TEMPORARILY AND IMMEDIATELY, enable common

    polling for the block module:



        sudo bash -c 'echo 2000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs'



    OR you can enable polling just for a single device like this (/dev/sr0

    in this example):



        sudo bash -c 'echo 2000 > /sys/block/sr0/events_poll_msecs'



    This change should be immediate - media will be detected.  However, the

    above change will be lost when you reboot.



    References:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15714.html

    http://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2011/06/20/uam-can-now-mount-cds-and-dvds/

    https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25609

    http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38582/



TRANSLATE



    To help translate SpaceFM please visit:

        https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki/Translate



    At Transifex:

        https://www.transifex.com/ignorantguru/spacefm/



    Just sign up for a free Transifex account.  For instructions visit:

        http://help.transifex.com/intro/translating.html#translating



RELEASE



    For developers:  The 'release' script in the SpaceFM source dir is used by

    SpaceFM developers (or forks) to perform a release.



    To use this script, complete changes to the next branch (they don't have to

    be commited), then run: ./release



    Note the manual workflow items listed by the script before proceeding.



    The script will interactively perform a release of SpaceFM by increasing

    the version number, preparing the source dir for distribution, commiting

    the next branch, merging to master, signing the release tag, pushing

    master, starting the next version, and pushing next.  You must have

    permission to push to git's origin.  It also optionally pulls the wiki, and

    pushes gh-pages, if present.



    When the script is finished, master branch will contain the new release,

    next branch will be prepared for the next version, and Github will show the

    release tag in Releases.



LICENSE



    SpaceFM - Copyright (C) 2018 IgnorantGuru   GPL3+



    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the

    Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your

    option) any later version.



    USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  This program is distributed in the hope that it

    will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied

    warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See

    the GNU General Public License for more details.



    The 'exo' libraries and source code used by this software are licensed

    under the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public

    License version 3 (LGPL3).



    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and

    the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not,

    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth

    Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.



    See COPYING and COPYING-LGPL files.



DERIVATIVE WORKS



    If you plan to publish a significant amount of or the full source to

    SpaceFM with your modifications, please see the following wiki article:



    https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm/wiki/Guidelines-For-Distributing-Modifications