Thunar Plugins

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The functionality of Thunar, XFCE's file manager, can be extended by the installation of plugins. Below is a list of the plugins provided for Thunar that are contained in the Funtoo portage tree.

Name of pluginDescription of plugin
thunar-archive-pluginArchive plug-in for the Thunar filemanager
thunar-media-tags-pluginAdds special features for media files to the Thunar File Manager
thunar-shares-pluginThunar plugin to share files using Samba
thunar-vcs-pluginAdds Subversion and GIT actions to the context menu of thunar

To install and use any of the above plugins, simply:

root # emerge <thunar plugin>

and restart Thunar.