Disk Image Mounter equivalent fof Xubuntu

Question

I have mounted .iso files to install software with Nautilus' Disk Image Mounter. I am interested in this functionality for Xubuntu 18.04 which is outfitted with the Thunar file manager.

Is there a similar utility or method to enable mounting the image to a fixed director, install software from disk1, unmount, mount disk 2, and finish the install?

Depending on the release of Xubuntu you are using (the later it is the more GTK+3 it uses), the cost of adding Nautilus and using tools you already know may not be very high. I love thunar but if it's easier in another file.manager I'll usually use another (or ctrl+alt+T & use commands) — guiverc, Dec 25 '18 at 01:07
Does disk image mounter just mount a file somewhere, or does it mount & install & then umount all automatically with just one click? — Xen2050, Dec 25 '18 at 03:15
Possible duplicate of GUI to mount disk images (iso, etc) in Xubuntu? — , Dec 25 '18 at 08:08
Related: Where to find actual commands for Nautilus “open with” options? — , Dec 25 '18 at 08:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '18 at 03:35

My XFCE has Disks (gnome-disk-utility) installed, which includes gnome-disk-image-mounter.

Right-clicking on an .iso file in Thunar has the option to 'Open with "Disk Image Mounter"' (which doesn't mount but creates a loop device for the .iso file, but it then shows up in the DEVICES menu to click-to-mount & browse).

It looks like the same tool that Nautilus uses, but without the rest of Nautilus.

Or, you might be able to create a custom mount command for Thunar's Open With -> Open With Other Application... and use a little shell script to mkdir / mktemp -d a mount point, then mount %F tempdir...

It works on Xubuntu 20.04. After installing gnome-disk-utility, new option shows up to mount disk images directly from Thunar open with menu. — Abinash Dash, Jan 23 '22 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '18 at 00:46

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You can always do it from a command line:

[sudo] mount -o loop the_disk_image the_mount_point

answered Dec 25 '18 at 00:46

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The -o loop option should be unnecessary now – Xen2050 Dec 25 '18 at 03:11

Disk Image Mounter equivalent fof Xubuntu

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