[gcmd-usr] Problems building latest version

[R. Diez]

Hi there:

I am looking for a better file manager, and I tried gnome-commander 
1.4.7 that comes with Xubuntu LTS 16.04.1.

I immediately missed the standard Ctrl+L keyboard shortcut in order to 
paste a directory path to go to. I also noticed that you cannot edit the 
/home/user path displayed over the file panes.

Before giving up on gnome-commander, I downloaded the latest version 
1.6.2 and built it on my PC. I chose a local directory, as I do not want 
to install it as root and overwrite my system's version.

The README file could mention that, unter Ubuntu/Debian, the following 
packages are needed: gnome-doc-utils, libgnome2-dev, libgnomeui-dev, 
libunique-dev. It is not necessary, but it does help, as one tends to 
forget that you need the -dev versions. The README does mention that you 
need "gnome >= 2.4.0", but you wouldn't necessary think of packages like 
gnome-doc-utils or libgnomeui-dev .

Other that those missing packages, the build ran fine. However, when I 
tried to start it, I got the following error message:

(gnome-commander:31963): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 
'org.gnome.gnome-commander.preferences.filter' is not installed

A quick Internet search did not yield a straightforward explanation. The 
README does not mention this kind of issue either. I do not think that 
new users should be looking for that kind of information either.

Regards,
  rdiez