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Installation

Retro-Jack edited this page Mar 29, 2026 · 1 revision

Installation

Pre-built packages are available in the Releases section.


Arch Linux / Manjaro (.pkg.tar.zst)

sudo pacman -U unixtree-3.0.2-*.pkg.tar.zst

Debian / Ubuntu / Mint (.deb)

sudo dpkg -i unixtree_3.0.2-1_amd64.deb

Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE (.rpm)

sudo rpm -ivh unixtree-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
# or
sudo dnf install ./unixtree-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm

Generic Linux (.tar.gz)

The generic tarball installs to /usr/local:

tar xzf unixtree-3.0.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd unixtree-3.0.2-linux-x86_64
sudo ./install.sh

What Gets Installed

Path Contents
/usr/lib/unixtree/xt Real terminal binary
/usr/lib/unixtree/xtx Real X11 binary
/usr/bin/xt Wrapper script (sets XTPATH, checks terminal)
/usr/bin/xtx Wrapper script for X11 variant
/usr/bin/xt-run Menu launcher (xfce4-terminal -e xt)
/usr/share/unixtree/trm/ Terminal definition files
/usr/share/man/man1/xt.1 Man page
/usr/share/applications/unixtree.desktop Desktop menu entry
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/unixtree.png Application icons

Launching

xt       # terminal file manager
xtx      # X11 variant (requires running X display)

Or find UnixTree in your desktop application menu under System / File Manager.

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