Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

m1rr0r5h4d35 · 2018-03-24 08:26:58

This is an issue I usually have with BunsenLabs, and basically is just one of those maintenance things I do right after a fresh install. Thought I would share with anyone else that might need it, including future "me".

O.K. So, I tend to remove File-Roller and Evince and replace them with Atril and Engrampa because I think the GTK 3 stuff looks very clashy with the GTK 2 apps, and to be honest, I prefer the older apps. Anyway, I dump the Gnome 3 stuff and replace it with apps from the MATE desktop, since it is just the continuation of the Gnome 2 code. Typically, everything works and all is well. However, if you remove file-roller and replace it with Engrampa, the "Extract Here" and "Extract To" options in the right-click menu will cease to work.

In order to fix this, you will need to create a file in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/thunar-archive-plugin called "engrampa.tap" and paste the following code into it.

#!/bin/sh
#
# engrampa.tap - Wrapper script to create and extract archive files
#                   in Thunar, via the thunar-archive-plugin, using the
#                   engrampa archive manager.

# determine the action and the folder, $@ then contains only the files
action=$1; shift;
folder=$1; shift;

# check the action
case $action in
create)
	exec engrampa "--default-dir=$folder" --add "$@"
	;;

extract-here)
	exec engrampa "--extract-to=$(pwd)" --extract-here --force "$@"
	;;

extract-to)
	exec engrampa "--default-dir=$folder" --extract "$@"
	;;

*)
	echo "Unsupported action '$action'" >&2
	exit 1
esac

After you save it, all you need to do is make it executable with a "chmod +x" and then restart Thunar and you should be good to go.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-03-24 15:40:42

m1rr0r5h4d35 wrote:

I tend to remove File-Roller and Evince and replace them with Atril and Engrampa because I think the GTK 3 stuff looks very clashy with the GTK 2 apps

+1, I would like BunsenLabs to drop the Gtk3 stuff as well.

For Helium I think we should be using gtk3-nocsd which removes the client-side decorations from Gtk3 applications and replaces them with the Openbox decorations instead.

Anyway, thanks for the advice, I've moved this thread to Scripts, Tutorials & Tips.

m1rr0r5h4d35 · 2018-03-24 18:24:55

Thanks HoaS! I wasn't really sure where to post this, but it made sense to get it on the forums, because I am so tired of having to google for the solution every time I do an install. Much easier to find it here.

brontosaurusrex · 2018-03-24 20:50:17

So 2015

hhh · 2018-03-24 21:53:19

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

For Helium I think we should be using gtk3-nocsd which removes the client-side decorations from Gtk3 applications and replaces them with the Openbox decorations instead.

What happened, I thought we already were, starting months ago at your suggestion! -edit- The package isn't installed according to apt-cache policy, but I have the openbox decs on transmission and Synaptic. ?

@bronto, yes, I remember you posted a fix/script quite awhile ago, though I can't seem to find the forum post now, maybe it was on the #! forums. In fact, I'm almost positive it was.

hhh · 2018-03-24 22:12:44

^Here it is, but unfortunately corenominal has not archived everything, most of the posts don't display...
https://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40020

brontosaurusrex · 2018-03-24 22:42:24

@hhh, wow, that must have been one google experience.

hhh · 2018-03-24 22:56:01

brontosaurusrex wrote:

@hhh, wow, that must have been one google experience.

Not too bad. The year checks out!

m1rr0r5h4d35 · 2018-03-25 00:27:54

Sorry all. Didn't mean to double post or anything. Just trying to take some of the work out of the chore.

hhh · 2018-03-25 00:35:57

^No worries. Not a double post since the original source is dead.

johnraff · 2019-02-20 05:34:37

Luckily thunar-archive-plugin (0.3.1-4) now ships /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/thunar-archive-plugin/engrampa.tap so "Extract Here" in Thunar works OOTB.

Thanks m1rr0r5h4d35 and brontosaurusrex for support so far!

#1 2018-03-24 08:26:58

Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#2 2018-03-24 15:40:42

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#3 2018-03-24 18:24:55

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#4 2018-03-24 20:50:17

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#5 2018-03-24 21:53:19

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#6 2018-03-24 22:12:44

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#7 2018-03-24 22:42:24

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#8 2018-03-24 22:56:01

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#9 2018-03-25 00:27:54

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#10 2018-03-25 00:35:57

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

#11 2019-02-20 05:34:37

Re: Getting the extract here option to work in Thunar with Engrampa

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