ranger_udisk_menu/README.md

Ranger udisk menu

This script draws menu to mount and unmount partitions using udisksctl and ncurses

Requirements

• python3.8 or newer
• udisks2 (for udisksctl)
• lsblk 2.3 or newer

How to install

Firstly you need to clone this repo to ranger config directory

cd ~/.config/ranger
git clone https://github.com/SL-RU/ranger_udisk_menu

Then you need to add to ~/.config/ranger/commands.py line:

from ranger_udisk_menu.mounter import mount

Thats all

How to use

Enter in ranger :mount, than will be shown menu. In this menu you can press:

• j or arrow down or Ctrl+n to move selection down
• k or arrow up or Ctrl+p to move selection up
• Ctrl+g or Esc or q to quit
• g or r to refresh all partitions and drives
• m to mount selected partition
• u to unmount selected partition
• e to unmount all partitions of selected partition's drive
• p to power off selected the selected partition's drive (also called safely remove). It can be done only when all partitions of the drive are unmounted
• ENTER to open selected mountpoint in current tab of the ranger

Troubles

If there is trouble with permissions, then you need to create group storage and add your user to it. Then you need to update your Polkit or PolicyKit permissions like it shown here: https://github.com/coldfix/udiskie/wiki/Permissions