How to install Marlin file browser on Ubuntu and LinuxMint | Nautilus alternative

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Marlin File Browser is a project led by ‘ammonkey’, it is a GTK3-based file manage who is greatly inspired by Nautilus Elementary,  it  has tabbed browsing, multiple views modes, single-click default open option, multiple choices to configure toolbars and interface as well as a Plugin Framework. Marlin is fast, easy to use and  most important its good integration with Unity. Marlin already has a good built-in support for Unity Quick lists.

More details about Marlin can be found on our previous post.

In this post i will show you how to install Marlin file manager, a good alternative of Nautilus script.

 Install Marlin on Ubuntu and LinuxMint

You can use the following PPA to install Marlin on Ubuntu and LinuxMint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marlin-devs/marlin-daily
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install marlin

If you want to integrate dropbox and Ubuntuone in Marlin you can install the following plugins:

sudo apt-get install marlin-plugin-dropbox marlin-plugin-ubuntuone

After Marlin is installed, you can open it from the menu or by right click on a folder and choose open by Marlin file manager

You can choose to open a folder in a new Tab, attribute a color for each folder (See screenshots bellow)

Properties of a folder in Marlin:

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