Double Commandar – A Split Window File Manager for Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Double Commander is an open source and free file manager with two panels side by side.

Double Commander is inspired by similar file manager Total Commander and comes with more features and utilities.

Table of Contents

Double Commander Feature Highlights

Two File Explorer window side by side each having its own directory and file browser.
Unicode support
Multi-rename tool
Tabbed interface
Custom columns
Internal text editor (F4) with syntax hightlighting
Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR GZ, TGZ, LZMA
and also BZ2, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR.
Extended search function with full text search in any files
Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support
File operations logging

This release mostly the bug fixes from the earlier versions. Find the 0.7.1 change log here.

How to Install

Ubuntu, Mint, elementary, Debian

To install Double Commander 0.7.1 in Ubuntu using terminal run below commands in sequence. Enter password when prompted.

Ubuntu 14.04

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Alexx2000/xUbuntu_14.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/doublecmd-gtk.list" 

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Alexx2000/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key 
sudo apt-key add - < Release.key  

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-gtk

Ubuntu 15.04

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Alexx2000/xUbuntu_15.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/doublecmd-gtk.list" 

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Alexx2000/xUbuntu_15.04/Release.key 
sudo apt-key add - < Release.key 

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-gtk

Ubuntu 15.10

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Alexx2000/xUbuntu_15.10/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/doublecmd-gtk.list" 

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Alexx2000/xUbuntu_15.10/Release.key 
sudo apt-key add - < Release.key 

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-gtk