How to install a file manager on a PinePhone running PostmarketOS

Last Updated on March 19, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

PostmarketOS software center on our PinePhone: No application data found. We confirm findings of Liliputing from early October 2020. We have no apps in the PostmarketOS software center.

  • Install updates using a terminal as Liliputing recommends:
  • sudo apk add
  • Another issue with the PinePhone keyboard: we have to switch on the light to use it. At night it is not usable due to lack of backlight.

  • There is no filemanager installed on PMOS, installing one is only for developers, type:
  • sudo apk add pcmanfm
  • pcmanfm is not touchable, we need a keyboard or a mouse to control it. Typically for a device for developers.