Thunar: No possibility to compress

[melodram]

10.10

if you right-click on a folder, there is no possibility to compress the folder

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in thunar.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
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Thanks!

[melodram (melodram)]

the problem is: compressing folders is not possible with tunar in general.

with nautilus, pcm - but not with thunar.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

melodram, do you have thunar-archive-plugin installed?

[melodram (melodram)]

no. why doesn't it work without plugins?

thx

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thunar, as well as the rest of Xfce, is designed to be modular and lightweight. This design means if you do not need a module, it is not pre-installed. To build in all the plugins results in more resources being used and less configurability for the user. Please install the plugin and let us know if that resolves this issue for you.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!