How to Install and Uninstall thunar Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "thunar" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install thunar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install thunar

2. Uninstall "thunar" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall thunar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove thunar $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the thunar package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: thunar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 890
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libexo-1-0 (>= 0.10.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsm6, libthunarx-2-0 (>= 1.1.0), libxfce4ui-1-0 (>= 4.9.1), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0), libxfconf-0-2 (>= 4.6.0), thunar-data (= 1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2), desktop-file-utils, shared-mime-info, exo-utils
Recommends: dbus-x11, xfce4-panel (>= 4.11), xfce4-panel (<< 4.13), thunar-volman, tumbler, xdg-user-dirs, gvfs
Suggests: thunar-archive-plugin, thunar-media-tags-plugin
Breaks: thunar-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Replaces: thunar-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Filename: pool/universe/t/thunar/thunar_1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 273146
MD5sum: fb55d4a16b05c7d3b490f8af8b29fa0b
SHA1: 22d60c5897ce881e33a123c6004a814f8cfb12e2
SHA256: 9e90050e415bd6ce180295ef47dbb8a3a3ba9b2fa5047f6decb13c6e750142e3
SHA512: 45619f1c43139bae47dabff8a5e704e6fb2afbf2cabc55f48064aa3ee11300191966b197f81ba99b1b91216c18c442c1e4f2625e9801f6b282616072d7568f3c
Homepage: http://thunar.xfce.org
Description-en: File Manager for Xfce
Thunar is the file manager designed to be the default file manager for the
Xfce desktop environment. It has been designed to be fast and easy to use.
.
Also included is an Xfce panel plugin which can manage the desktop trash.
Description-md5: b7a058b0f1e6c36c7548366cf5e4833d
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Supported: 3y

Package: thunar
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 887
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.10-2ubuntu1
Replaces: thunar-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libexo-1-0 (>= 0.10.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsm6, libthunarx-2-0 (>= 1.1.0), libxfce4ui-1-0 (>= 4.9.1), libxfce4util7 (>= 4.9.0), libxfconf-0-2 (>= 4.6.0), thunar-data (= 1.6.10-2ubuntu1), desktop-file-utils, shared-mime-info, exo-utils
Recommends: dbus-x11, xfce4-panel (>= 4.11), xfce4-panel (<< 4.13), thunar-volman, tumbler, xdg-user-dirs, gvfs
Suggests: thunar-archive-plugin, thunar-media-tags-plugin
Breaks: thunar-data (<< 1.2.3-3)
Filename: pool/universe/t/thunar/thunar_1.6.10-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 271418
MD5sum: 5b1b3ec874246d21cd9f88a6865dbf9a
SHA1: 818b822f1ad597f044435414bcf57af3ffd6a045
SHA256: 2d03aaca73f3641e09dabfd3e15a34727b13207f8737c52571c1e5c04b885af5
Description-en: File Manager for Xfce
Thunar is the file manager designed to be the default file manager for the
Xfce desktop environment. It has been designed to be fast and easy to use.
.
Also included is an Xfce panel plugin which can manage the desktop trash.
Description-md5: b7a058b0f1e6c36c7548366cf5e4833d
Homepage: http://thunar.xfce.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop