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Caja
Caja

The file manager for the MATE desktop

Caja Screenshot

Installation

Ubuntu

sudo apt install caja

Fedora

sudo dnf install caja

Building

Source

You'll need the following dependencies:

  • exempi
  • gobject-introspection
  • libnotify
  • libexif
  • gvfs
  • mate-common
  • mate-desktop

Building

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja.git
cd caja
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
make install

Hacking on Caja

Please see the HACKING file for information about hacking on caja.

How to report bugs / errors in translations

Bugs should be reported in GitHub

https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues

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