Last Updated on April 12, 2020
Compiling nnn
Here’s the commands to compile nnn. As explained on the previous page, Raspbian’s repositories host an old version of nnn. It’s definitely worth compiling the latest source code.
$ git clone https://github.com/jarun/nnn.git
$ cd nnn
$ make
As there’s only a single file to compile, there’s no speed advantage using the -j4 flag with make. But nnn is really quick to compile, only taking about 7.7 seconds.
A few of the other file managers featured in this article might benefit from compiling your own binary, given that Raspbian’s repositories host old versions. Let us know how you get on! I’d really like to hear your experiences.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Console and Graphical file managers
Page 2 – Compiling nnn
Read all my blog posts about the RPI4.
| Raspberry Pi 4 Blog | |
|---|---|
| Week 36 | Manage your personal collections on the RPI4 |
| Week 35 | Survey of terminal emulators |
| Week 34 | Search the desktop with the latest version of Recoll |
| Week 33 | Personal Information Managers on the RPI4 |
| Week 32 | Keep a diary with the RPI4 |
| Week 31 | Process complex mathematical functions, plot 2D and 3D graphs with calculators |
| Week 30 | Internet radio on this tiny computer. A detailed survey of open source software |
| Week 29 | Professionally manage your photo collection with digiKam |
| Week 28 | Typeset beautifully with LyX |
| Week 27 | Software that teaches young people how to learn basic computing skills and beyond |
| Week 26 | Firefox revisited - Raspbian now offers a real alternative to Chromium |
| Week 25 | Turn the Raspberry Pi 4 into a low power writing machine |
| Week 24 | Keep the kids learning and having fun |
| Week 23 | Lots of choices to view images |
| Week 22 | Listening to podcasts on the RPI4 |
| Week 21 | File management on the RPI4 |
| Week 20 | Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio) on the RPI4 |
| Week 19 | Keep up-to-date with these news aggregators |
| Week 18 | Web Browsers Again: Firefox |
| Week 17 | Retro gaming on the RPI4 |
| Week 16 | Screen capturing with the RPI4 |
| Week 15 | Emulate the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and the Atari ST on the RPI4 |
| Week 14 | Choose the right model of the RPI4 for your desktop needs |
| Week 13 | Using the RPI4 as a screencaster |
| Week 12 | Have fun reading comics on the RPI4 with YACReader, MComix, and more |
| Week 11 | Turn the RPI4 into a complete home theater |
| Week 10 | Watching locally stored video with VLC, OMXPlayer, and others |
| Week 9 | PDF viewing on the RPI4 |
| Week 8 | Access the RPI4 remotely running GUI apps |
| Week 7 | e-book tools are put under the microscope |
| Week 6 | The office suite is the archetypal business software. LibreOffice is tested |
| Week 5 | Managing your email box with the RPI4 |
| Week 4 | Web surfing on the RPI4 looking at Chromium, Vivaldi, Firefox, and Midori |
| Week 3 | Video streaming with Chromium & omxplayerGUI as well as streamlink |
| Week 2 | A survey of open source music players on the RPI4 including Tauon Music Box |
| Week 1 | An introduction to the world of the RPI4 looking at musikcube and PiPackages |
This blog is written on the RPI4.
You have correctly mentioned nnn doesn’t have dual-pane feature in both the articles. nnn supports contexts/tabs.
The key to cycle contexts is TAB.
Even if you use all 4 contexts the memory usage remains almost the same.
The point I was making is that nnn’s contexts/tabs are not a direct replacement for dual-pane support, at least from my perspective. Therefore to replicate that functionality, when making memory comparisons, it’s important to take into account you have to run multiple instances of nnn, and a terminal multiplexer.
X File Explorer (Xfe) is a great file manager. What’s it like on the Raspberry Pi 4?