Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Rodent is an open source and lightweight file manager, with a minimalistic GUI, having similar features to Dophin, Nautilus, Konqueror or Thunar.
Since it has multi-core support, it facilitates the users to perform data processes in parallel, this being done by different CPU cores.
The latest version available is Rodent 5.0.5.
In this article I will show you how to install Rodent 5.0.5 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS, Elementary OS, Debian Wheezy, Kwheezy, CentOS 6 and OpenSUSE 12.3.
Because it is not availailable via any repository, we have to download the deb/rpm packages from sourceforge and install them with dpkg/rpm. Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Rodent 5.0.5 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS, Elementary OS, Debian Wheezy and KWheezy:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/deb/debian-7.1/rodent_5.0.5-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i rodent_5.0.5-1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/deb/debian-7.1/rodent_5.0.5-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i rodent_5.0.5-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install Rodent 5.0.5 on CentOS 6:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/rpm/CentOS-6.4/rodent-5.0.5-2.i686.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i rodent-5.0.5-2.i686.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/rpm/CentOS-6.4/rodent-5.0.5-2.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i rodent-5.0.5-2.x86_64.rpm
How to install Rodent 5.0.5 on OpenSUSE 12.3:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/rpm/OpenSUSE-12.3/rodent-5.0.5-2.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i rodent-5.0.5-2.i586.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/xffm/files/5.0.5/rpm/OpenSUSE-12.3/rodent-5.0.5-2.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i rodent-5.0.5-2.x86_64.rpm
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