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Can I install Nautilus file manager in salix-14.0-xfce-32bit ? I could not find it in Gslapt or in Sourcery.

No, we don't have nautilus in our repositories anymore (and probably never will again).

No, there is no way to get nautilus officially.

Yes, you can install nautilus. Provided you build it from source.

But, you can install Caja, the MATE Desktop Nautilus fork, which is in fact a lot better than Nautilus, since Nautilus 2.x was a lot better than Nautilus 3.x.

However, the question would be why would you want Nautilus in Xfce?

I need a file manager which can do following simple task: find a file in the shown folder and its subfolders (the search string should preferably not need * at begining and end of search string); I should then be able to right click on any of the found files and cut it to be pasted elsewhere.

The task appears simple and is a very basic task for any office computer user. But I found that only Nautilus (ver 3.4.2; possibly later versions also- I did not try them) could do this task. I could not do this on Dolphin, Konqueror, mc, Thunar, Pcmanfm, Spacefm etc.

As you suggested, I tried salixos-mate in virtualbox and found that 'Caja' is like the earlier version of Nautilus. I searched Gslapt and Sourcery in salix-xfce-14 but did not find caja. There is mate-file-manager in Gslapt (but not in Sourcery). I installed it but it does not run. There is no such command as mate-file-manager. How can I install caja or mate-file-manager in salix-xfce-14 (32bit)? Or should I shift to salix-mate-13.37? Thanks for your help.

mate-file-manager via Gslapt is the correct package for caja. The command to run mate-file-manager (without managing your desktop) is caja --no-desktop.

If you find the command opens multiple instances of caja then read this thread...

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4734

The command to run mate-file-manager is caja

Users like me cannot create great applications but can humbly suggest that same name of application and its main command is very helpful to the uninitiated. It would be helpful if at least in Gslapt the name or description of this application includes the word 'Caja'.

This would be accomplished if the package description contained the word "caja".

A similar case is mate-disk-usage-analyzer (aka baobab) which is installed as part of mate-utils. If you search for mate-disk-usage-analyzer (remembering the "z"), you will find mate-utils. Or again, there is atril, aka mate-document-viewer: search for either and up it comes.

mate-disk-usage-analyzer (aka baobab) which is installed as part of mate-utils.

there is atril, aka mate-document-viewer

Where can I see a list of all mate applications?

rsal wrote:

The command to run mate-file-manager is caja

Users like me cannot create great applications but can humbly suggest that same name of application and its main command is very helpful to the uninitiated. It would be helpful if at least in Gslapt the name or description of this application includes the word 'Caja'.

I agree that it's confusing, but caja is designed to be used in a Mate desktop environment. There's nothing to stop you using it in, for example, Xfce but it takes a little extra work to figure out what's what. Put a positive spin on the frustration and treat it as part of the Linux learning curve.

rsal wrote: Where can I see a list of all mate applications?

In a terminal give:

ls /usr/bin/mate-*

or

locate /usr/bin/mate-*

In a terminal give: ls /usr/bin/mate-*

Thanks. That is what I needed.