How To: Nautilus Dual Panel Karmic/Juanty

[2hot6ft2]

If you like krusaders dual panel view (or PowerDesk in Windows) and want it in nautilus I found the information for doing it in Jaunty 9.04 and Karmic 9.10 and after doing it myself I decided to share the information in a simpler how to.
Keep in mind this is still in Beta (so use it at your own risk).

The sources were here:
Karmic 9.10
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/dual-...tu-karmic.html
https://launchpad.net/~berndth/+archive/ppa

Jaunty 9.04
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/09/how-t...tilus-for.html
https://launchpad.net/~berndth/+archive/ppa

The short version of doing this is as follows

For Karmic 9.10
To add the PPA to our sources list open a terminal.
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Use this in it:
---
EDIT: This section can be shortened to this in Karmic 9.10 to

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:berndth

Hit Enter
Thanks to littlepeon for the tip.
END EDIT
---
Now to update and upgrade use the following 2 commands one at a time in the still open terminal.
(Note if for some reason you don't want to upgrade other things and just want to activate the dual panel ONLY run the first command below and see Another way to activate dual panel below).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

Once it finishes you can close the terminal.

Restarting nautilus from the terminal makes my desktop items vanish so I recommend closing everything and going like you're going to reboot and selecting Logout this will log you out real fast and you can log right back in.

For Jaunty 9.04
To add the PPA to our sources list open a terminal.
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Use this in it:

gksu gedit /ect/apt/sources.list

Hit Enter and it will ask for your password. Type it in and hit Enter (your password will not be displayed).
Add the following 2 lines to the bottom of the file.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/berndth/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/berndth/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Save and close the file.
The terminal should still be open so put this in it to add the key for the PPA.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 246BF391

Hit Enter
Now to update and upgrade use the following 2 commands one at a time in the still open terminal.
(Note if for some reason you don't want to upgrade other things and just want to activate the dual panel ONLY run the first command below and see Another way to activate dual panel below).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

Once it finishes you can close the terminal.

I haven't used Juanty but restarting nautilus in Karmic from the terminal makes my desktop items vanish so I recommend closing everything and going like you're going to reboot and selecting Logout this will log you out real fast and you can log right back in.

Another way to activate dual panel
After running apt-get update go to
System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
Search for

libnautilus-extension1

Right click on it and select Upgrade
This should also mark these (if not search for them and mark them for upgrade the same way).

nautilus-data
nautilus

Click on Mark then on Apply
Once it finishes you can close Synaptic

How to make use of the new dual pane nautilus

Open a folder/directory such as Places > Home
You can either click on View > Extra Pane
And check or uncheck the box to enable/disable dual pane view.
Or just hit the F3 key to do the same thing.

If you want it to start in dual pane mode each time you open a folder.
Open a terminal (or press Alt + F2) and put in

gconf-editor

Hit Enter, this will open the gconf-editor
Navigate to
apps > nautilus > preferences
and enable the option called start_with_extra_pane.

Removing Dual Pane
The PPA for it can be removed with

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/berndt*

then

sudo apt-get update

then go to
System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
and search for
libnautilus-extension1
nautilus
and
nautilus-data
select each one and click on Package > Force Version
and select an older version from the drop down then click on Force Version, then on Apply.

Below is a pic of how it looks. I hope that some people find this useful.

[tonywhelan]

Thanks very much for this information.

The tabbed feature in Nautilus does nothing for me and I have been waiting for a dual-pane feature in Nautilus for years. So was pleasantly surprised to find your posting today.

[2hot6ft2]

Thanks very much for this information.

The tabbed feature in Nautilus does nothing for me and I have been waiting for a dual-pane feature in Nautilus for years. So was pleasantly surprised to find your posting today.

You're very welcome. I'm glad that the information was helpful.

[x-shaney-x]

I have always preferred dual pane file managers and despite using Gnome for a while now I have only just switched to using Nautilus, before I would use konqi or dolphin.

I haven't tried this howto yet though, I'm not keen on updating major apps from 3rd party repos.

[littlepeon]

hey there...

love this feature...just a quick note...if u are using karmic, you can combine the first few steps (edit apt-source.list add keyring) with the new add-apt ppa cli code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:berndth

then all u have to do is an update/install then a reboot/logoff-login:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

then reboot/logoff-login

just showing off the new karmic feature add-apt-repository (wish it was backported to jaunty/hardy)....thank you for showing us this feature!

-peon

[2hot6ft2]

hey there...

love this feature...just a quick note...if u are using karmic, you can combine the first few steps (edit apt-source.list add keyring) with the new add-apt ppa cli code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:berndth

then all u have to do is an update/install then a reboot/logoff-login:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

then reboot/logoff-login

just showing off the new karmic feature add-apt-repository (wish it was backported to jaunty/hardy)....thank you for showing us this feature!

-peon

Took me a while to check back. Thanks littlepeon. I have made the change to the How To. I knew there was a new way to do it but wasn't sure how to format it.

[edmondt]

WOW Awesome!!!!!!!!

If you like krusaders dual panel view (or PowerDesk in Windows) and want it in nautilus I found the information for doing it in Jaunty 9.04 and Karmic 9.10 and after doing it myself I decided to share the information in a simpler how to.
Keep in mind this is still in Beta (so use it at your own risk).

The sources were here:
Karmic 9.10
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/dual-...tu-karmic.html
https://launchpad.net/~berndth/+archive/ppa

Jaunty 9.04
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/09/how-t...tilus-for.html
https://launchpad.net/~berndth/+archive/ppa

The short version of doing this is as follows

For Karmic 9.10
To add the PPA to our sources list open a terminal.
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Use this in it:
---
EDIT: This section can be shortened to this in Karmic 9.10 to

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:berndth

Hit Enter
Thanks to littlepeon for the tip.
END EDIT
---
Now to update and upgrade use the following 2 commands one at a time in the still open terminal.
(Note if for some reason you don't want to upgrade other things and just want to activate the dual panel ONLY run the first command below and see Another way to activate dual panel below).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

Once it finishes you can close the terminal.

Restarting nautilus from the terminal makes my desktop items vanish so I recommend closing everything and going like you're going to reboot and selecting Logout this will log you out real fast and you can log right back in.

For Jaunty 9.04
To add the PPA to our sources list open a terminal.
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Use this in it:

gksu gedit /ect/apt/sources.list

Hit Enter and it will ask for your password. Type it in and hit Enter (your password will not be displayed).
Add the following 2 lines to the bottom of the file.

Save and close the file.
The terminal should still be open so put this in it to add the key for the PPA.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 246BF391

Hit Enter
Now to update and upgrade use the following 2 commands one at a time in the still open terminal.
(Note if for some reason you don't want to upgrade other things and just want to activate the dual panel ONLY run the first command below and see Another way to activate dual panel below).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension1 nautilus nautilus-data

Once it finishes you can close the terminal.

I haven't used Juanty but restarting nautilus in Karmic from the terminal makes my desktop items vanish so I recommend closing everything and going like you're going to reboot and selecting Logout this will log you out real fast and you can log right back in.

Another way to activate dual panel
After running apt-get update go to
System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
Search for

Right click on it and select Upgrade
This should also mark these (if not search for them and mark them for upgrade the same way).

Click on Mark then on Apply
Once it finishes you can close Synaptic

How to make use of the new dual pane nautilus

Open a folder/directory such as Places > Home
You can either click on View > Extra Pane
And check or uncheck the box to enable/disable dual pane view.
Or just hit the F3 key to do the same thing.

If you want it to start in dual pane mode each time you open a folder.
Open a terminal (or press Alt + F2) and put in

gconf-editor

Hit Enter, this will open the gconf-editor
Navigate to
apps > nautilus > preferences
and enable the option called start_with_extra_pane.

Below is a pic of how it looks. I hope that some people find this useful.

[Deadite81]

This is a cool extension and seems to work pretty well.

Two things though:

1. When I try to drag and drop something, like an icon, from a root owned folder to my home folder (which normally would automatically copy the file) I get an error box about permissions, even though half the time it still does the copy. But if I choose the copy to other pain context option there are no errors. Not that big a deal, but drag and drop is such a prominent point of the extension, and when I'm in dual-pane mode my context menu is so buggy....

2. What I did find a big deal, and why I uninstalled it, is it breaks the gloobus-preview spacebar shortcut. Of course this is meaningless if you don't use gloobus (or even know what it is), but since I use it constantly I had to choose between the two. After I install the dual pain extension spacebar opens whatever the file's default program is (gedit, gthumb, etc.) instead of gloobus. When I uninstall, spacebar goes back to gloobus. I did this a few times to be sure.

I looked around in gconf and Nautilus preferences, Google, various conf files and found no immediate solution. Somehow, somewhere, this extension writes over/blocks where gloobus-preview modifies Nautilus to add the spacebar shortcut.

That being said, this is a great addon and long overdue. But be wary if you use gloobus, however. Can't wait for newer versions.

[2hot6ft2]

Keep in mind this is still in Beta (so use it at your own risk).

Sorry it didn't work out for you. Time will tell how it matures. There are other dual pane browsers like krusader. Now we know it has issues with gloobus.

[randiroo76073]

Thanks for the dual-pane Nautilus. I always install Krusader for heavy work and use Nautilus for day to day quickie stuff, it'll be nice to have dual-pane in it too !
Great work !