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Menu File Browser Applet is an useful applet for the GNOME Panel. With Menu File Browser Applet, you can browse, open and manage files in your computer directly from the panel. This HOWTO shows how you can install Menu File Browser Applet on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

Here are some features of Menu File Browser Applet:

• Browse and open files in your computer from the panel
• Respects GNOME mime type options and includes mime icon in menu
• Middle clicking in a directory header will open a terminal in that directory
• Smart(er) handling of executable files: left click opens for editing, middle click runs it
• Configuration options (directories and labels to show, select icon, show/hide icon, show hidden, select terminal)
• Displays message for empty directories or failure to open a directory

Installation

1. Install build tools and all of the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install pkg-config cmake g++ libgtk2.0-dev libgnomevfs2-dev libpanel-applet2-dev

2. Get source package of Menu File Browser Applet 0.5.3 from here.

tar zxvf menu-file-browser-applet-0.5.3.tar.gz
cd menu-file-browser-applet-0.5.3/


3. Compile and install:

cmake .
make
sudo make install


4. Now right click on the GNOME panel and select Add to Panel. Then select the Menu File Browser Applet entry from the dialog and click Add button.