Currently there is no automatic way to install Gnome Commander on CentOS 6. Below you will find instructions how to do that using install from compiled sources. Note that this is not a clean install and some things can be missing - it is always best to use automatic install (if available).
System: CentOS 6.4, CentOS 6.7
Gnome Commander: 1.4.8
This instruction is built for gnome-commander-1.4.8, however if you change the number, it is possible it will work for other versions. In case you want to install another version of GC, please just replace "1.4.8" with a different number.
To check CentOS version perform:
cat /etc/centos-release
To check Gnome Commander's installed version perform:
yum info gnome-commander
To check available GC versions in your package repository execute command:
sudo yum info gnome-commander\*
If package is installed, this command will show you which version you have. For CentOS 6, it would be for example 1.2.8. Executing "sudo yum update" will not help - GC will be still in old version. If you see version like 1.4.x - probably you have Gnome Commander already updated.
Uninstall old version if you have it:
sudo yum remove gnome-commander
This will only uninstall version installed by yum.
Download Gnome Commander archive from it's home page:
http://gcmd.github.io/
Look for file like:
gnome-commander-1.4.8.tar.xz
Note the version number, save it to local directory:
mkdir -p ~/Downloads
cd ~/Downloads
wget --no-check-certificate https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-commander/1.4/gnome-commander-1.4.8.tar.xz
# or
wget ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-commander/1.4/gnome-commander-1.4.8.tar.xz
Unpack & delete the archive:
tar xpvf ~/Downloads/gnome-commander-1.4.8.tar.xz -C ~/
rm ~/Downloads/gnome-commander-1.4.8.tar.xz
Go to unpacked dir
cd ~/gnome-commander-1.4.8
Execute install as in manual:
./configure && make
If you see error like this:
checking for UNIQUE... no
configure: error: Package requirements ( unique-1.0 >= 0.9.3 ) were not met:
No package 'unique-1.0' found
Execute apropriate install command for missing package. Install only if indicated as required by "configure" command.
For CentOS 6.4:
sudo yum install unique-devel
For CentOS 6.7:
sudo yum install unique-devel
sudo yum install gnome-doc-utils
sudo yum install glib2-devel
sudo yum install gtk+-devel gtk2-devel
sudo yum install libgnomeui-devel
./configure && make
sudo make install DESTDIR=/opt/gnome-commander-1.4
cd /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin ./gnome-commander
If you see this error:
error while loading shared libraries: libgcmd.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Follow instructions in this section:
Copy libs
sudo mkdir /usr/lib64/gnome-commander
sudo mkdir /usr/lib64/gnome-commander/plugins
sudo cp -r /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/lib/gnome-commander/* /usr/lib64/gnome-commander/
Configure libs
sudo ldconfig /usr/lib64/gnome-commander
or
sudo ldconfig /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/lib/gnome-commander
Now you should be ready to run GC in /home/{user}/gnome-commander-1.4.8/src:
cd ~/gnome-commander-1.4.8/src ./gnome-commander
If you prefer /opt catalog and you want to finish the installation, follow steps.
Copy them from src catalog:
sudo mkdir /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/pixmaps
sudo cp -r ~/gnome-commander-1.4.8/pixmaps/* /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/pixmaps
cd /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin
./gnome-commander
Now should run without any problems.
This is optional - if you want to have a desktop shortcut to GC.
Create batch file, open:
sudo nano "/opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin/runme.sh"
Add:
cd /opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin
./gnome-commander
pause
Save & exit
Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X
Add execution rights
sudo chmod +x "/opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin/runme.sh"
Create shortcut to runme.sh
- Right-click on desktop
- select "Create Launcher"
- in "Name" provide your shortcut name like "Gnome Commander"
- in "Command" provide "/opt/gnome-commander-1.4/usr/local/bin/runme.sh"
Now you should be ready to use Gnome Commander from shortcut.
File and folder icons are not correct (arrows). A workaround for this is to disable them. To perform this:
- Go to Settings \ Options \ Layout
- Change "Graphical mode" to "No Icons"
If you don't see selection on files, perform the following:
- Go to Settings \ Options \ Layout
- Change "Color scheme" from "Respect theme colors" to anything else
- Gnome Commander - project website