Caja is a file manager for the MATE desktop.
Caja is a file manager (forked from Nautilus) for the MATE desktop. The GitHub project for Caja can be found here: https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja
Questions tagged [caja]
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Transfer files between two remote SSH servers
Is there an easy way to transfer files between two SSH/SFTP servers? The perfect solution would be FileZilla, but it only lets you create a connection between local and remote, but not between remote and remote.
Theoretically I could open two…
Socrates
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How to create custom thumbnailers for Nautilus, Nemo, and Caja?
Nautilus (GNOME Files) and Nautilus-based file managers, namely Nemo and Caja, already create previews for many common file types with their default thumbnailers. There are also a number of other thumbnailers that can be installed from the official…
Calico Cat
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Why is CIFS-mounted share faster than SMB?
To start with, this question isn't really a problem I have but rather a "why is it like this". I'm trying to return to Linux after several years in the Windows world, but I have lost so much... So here's to learning anew. :)
I have a Windows 10 x64…
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How to install TortoiseHG with integration to Caja on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS?
On previous systems like Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS it was possible.
But 20.04 LTS do not have tortoisehg and tortoisehg-caja in the repositories.
What to do?
N0rbert
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Caja to perform instant search like Nautilus?
Between these 2 file managers, I like Caja more. But the only thing I like about Nautilus is the search feature.
Nautilus does instant search once we type anything.
It does not need Find button to search, as it instantly search as we type.
It's…
user1069309
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Some Samba shares are not visible on network but still accessible by address
This has happened for as long as I can remember. Nautilus/Caja shows a shared icon on the folders, and they are accessible from Windows by typing in their folder name, but they don't show up in the list of folders.
Other folders do show up in the…
endolith
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Caja only shows images and icons preview when root
I'm looking for the solution to this error for some time . I did not find anywhere.
Caja could only see the icons of the images and videos when at root. How can I enable this functionality in normal mode, without superuser on caja ?
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System hang when using SSHFS
This is just a quick note that I want to share with others. It is about the problem that I encountered with my office machine. It was hanging continuously when ssh mount was used.
The main problem is, as I assumed, the termination of ssh session,…
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Ubuntu mate caja right click on .desktop file, 'Open With Other Application' missing
I use Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Xenial Xerus (MATE verison 1.12) and when I right click on a .desktop file with caja there isn't any 'Open With Other Application' option, which is very annoying since I need to open pluma and open the file from there every…
Thanos Apostolou
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Where desktop icon positions are saved in MATE?
I'm using Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS. There are a lot carefully aligned icons on my desktop. Something like shown below:
I can't find icon positions attributes in dconf / gsettings.
How can I backup their current positions to restore them later? Where…
N0rbert
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How to configure access to Yandex Disk with GUI?
I'm using Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS and want to set Yandex.Disk (cloud storage web-service like Google Drive) here to be accessed from GUI.
How should I do this?
N0rbert
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caja (Mate file manager) plugin for meld?
Does someone is able to convert the caja meld plugin to become compatible with Ubuntu Mate 20.04? That is a very important plugin for me, beside the open as admin .....
An old one is…
Arno
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How to fix `libdropbox_apex.so` problem with latest Dropbox?
I have installed caja-dropbox package on my Ubuntu MATE 19.04 system as simple as sudo apt-get install caja-dropbox but it does not start from GUI and continuously asks me about Caja restart.
When starting from the terminal it shows the following…
N0rbert
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Can I lowercase all the /home/$USER/ directories that start with an uppercase letter?
~/Pictures, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop, ~/Documents, etc. These are some of the only uppercase directories on my system, and I usually type ~/pictures forgetting that the first letter has to be uppercase.
Of course I can rename the folders themselves…
cat
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How to create password protected archive in Caja file-manager?
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Previously in 16.04 LTS I used Nautilus for such action.
How can I create password protected archive using Caja file-manager here?
N0rbert
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