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=Overview= | |||
Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful. | |||
=Installing Dolphin= | |||
= | Dolphin can be installed by installing the package '''dolphin''' in any package manager or with the command: | ||
pamac install dolphin | |||
=Enabling previews= | |||
[[File:Dolphinsettings.png|right]] | |||
==Installing optional dependencies== | |||
The following packages enable preview thumbnails in dolphin | |||
* ffmpegthumbs: video thumbnails | |||
* kdegraphics-thumbnailers: PDF and PS thumbnails | |||
* qt5-imageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats | |||
* kimageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats | |||
* taglib: audio file thumbnails | |||
* libappimage: AppImage thumbnails | |||
* raw-thumbnailer: Raw image files from a camera | |||
To install all of these use: | |||
pamac install ffmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers qt5-imageformats kimageformats taglib libappimage raw-thumbnailer | |||
==Enabling preview thumbnails in Dolphin== | |||
Once the packages needed to generate thumbnails are installed, you need to enable the previews in dolphin in the settings. These can be found in Dolphin under Control->Configure Dolphin->General under the Previews tab. | |||
Check the boxes for the previews to be enabled. If you don't want large remote files to have previews generated, set a maximum size in box next to Skip previews for remote files above: section. | |||
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