- (the qt6 development package)
Then the other dependencies:
- sudo apt-get install libwebm-dev libdbus-c++-dev libudev-dev libudisks2-dev libzstd-dev libmtp-dev libpolkit-gobject-1-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev mkvtoolnix cmake ark git
And build it:
- mkdir build && cd build
- cmake ..
- make -j4
The file browser executable is "cornus", "cornus_io" is the IO daemon that is started automatically when needed. To have a .desktop launcher on your desktop - update the file at export/cornus_mas.desktop (the "Icon" and "Exec" fields) accordingly and copy this file to your desktop folder.
-
Files with the executable bit set are marked green.
-
To set a default app to open a given type of file right click a file -> Open With -> Preferences...
-
To see the tree of links of a symbolic link - when in details view click the icon of the link.
-
Shift+Delete = delete permanently, Delete = move to trash.
-
To launch Cornus from the command line and get it to select a folder at startup:
To select the folder "Documents" from ${HOME}:
cornus ${HOME} --select Documents
or
cornus ${HOME} --select "My Folder With Whitespaces"
To select "File.txt" from ${HOME}:
cornus ${HOME}/File.txt
or:
cornus ${HOME} --select File.txt
or:
cornus ${HOME} --select "My File With Whitespaces.txt" -
File icons are loaded from "$HOME/.config/CornusMas/file_icons", then if not found from "/usr/share/cornus/file_icons".

