Double Commander 0.5 Released - (Dual Panel File Manager)

Install Double Commander 0.5 Released - (Dual Panel File Manager) on Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

Here are some key features of Double Commander:

• Unicode support
• All operations working in background
• Multi-rename tool
• Tabbed interface
• Custom columns
• Internal text editor (F4)  with syntax highlighting
• Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
• Archives are handled like sub-directories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR GZ, TGZ, LZMA and also BZ2, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR.
• Extended  search function with full text search in any files
• Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
• Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support
• File operations logging
• And more...

To install Double commander on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal -or- Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexx2000/doublecmd
sudo apt-get update

There are two Double Commander flavors available for Linux: GTK and Qt. To install the GTK version, use the command below:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-gtk

Or, To install the Qt version, use the following command:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-qt

That's it, Enjoy.