How To Install 4pane on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 4pane on Ubuntu 22.04. 4pane is the four-pane detailed-list file manager.

Introduction

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 4pane on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `4pane`

4pane is:

4pane is a dual twin-pane file manager: directories and files are displayed in separate panes. By default two pairs of these twin-panes are displayed at a time, allowing easy dragging or pasting.

As well as standard file manager functions, features include support for nfs sshfs and samba, archive management including virtual browsing, multiple renaming of files, user-defined tools, a terminal emulator, and GUI access to grep find and locate. Almost all actions, even deletions, can be undone and redone.

4pane aims to be highly configurable, fast, and fully featured without the bloat.

There are three ways to install 4pane on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 4pane Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 4pane using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 4pane

Install 4pane Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 4pane using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 4pane

Install 4pane Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install 4pane using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 4pane

How To Uninstall 4pane on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the 4pane the package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 4pane

Uninstall 4pane And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 4pane and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 4pane

Remove 4pane Configurations and Data

To remove 4pane configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 4pane

Remove 4pane configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 4pane configurations, data, and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 4pane

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Summary

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 4pane the package on Ubuntu 22.04 uses different package management tools: apt, apt-get, and aptitude.