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Enjoy two-panel file management on Linux with far2l<\/span>
\nSeth Kenlon<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 12\/15\/2022 – 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Far2l is a port of the Windows text-based file manager Far<\/strong>. And to be clear, that’s a lower-case L<\/strong> (as in “Linux”) not a number 1<\/strong>. It runs in the terminal and is designed around a plug-in structure, enabling compatibility with SSH, WebDAV, NFS, and more. You can compile and run far2l on Linux, Mac, and BSD, or Far on Windows.<\/p>\n

Install far2l<\/h2>\n

Far2l is currently in beta, so you’re unlikely to find it in your Linux distribution’s software repository. However, you can compile it from source<\/a> by downloading cloning its Git repository<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n$ <\/span>git clone<\/span> --depth<\/span> 1<\/span> https:\/\/<\/span>github.com\/<\/span>elfmz\/<\/span>far2l.git<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
You can browse through the source code to see all of its different components. The main source files are in utils\/src<\/code>:<\/p>\n
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SharedResource.cpp
\nStackSerializer.cpp
\nStringConfig.cpp
\nStrPrintf.cpp
\nTestPath.cpp
\nThreaded.cpp
\nThreadedWorkQueue.cpp
\nTimeUtils.cpp
\nTTYRawMode.cpp
\nutils.cpp
\nWideMB.cpp
\nZombieControl.cpp<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
The file ZombieControl.cpp<\/code> works to mitigate a zombie apocalypse<\/a> (at least, in terms of processes), the file ThreadedWorkQueue.cpp<\/code> helps speed processes along by using threading. Far2l isn’t just built for extensibility, it’s built responsibly!<\/p>\n
Assuming you’ve already prepared your system for compiling code, as described in the compiling from source<\/a> article, you must also install some development libraries required by far2l. On Fedora, CentOS, OpenMandriva, and Mageia, the minimal list is:<\/p>\n