Hi guys! What’s your way to get Dolphin to easily mount .iso files? I think it’s a bit backwards to have to use the console just for this, in 2023…

EDIT: Just in case, I’m using KDE Neon.

Thanks!

  • @[email protected]
    8•10 months ago

    Do you not see the Mount ISO option?

    Edit: Apparently you need the dolphin-plugins package to see the Mount option

    • @[email protected]OP
      2•10 months ago

      Thanks…I can see it, but it doesn’t seem to do anything. I click on it…and nothing happens. Is it supposed to mount in /media/myuser? or where?

        • @[email protected]OP
          2•10 months ago

          Thanks…I think somehow it mounted in /media/myuser/iso_filename (and I missed it), but it definitely didn’t show as an additional device.

          • @[email protected]
            2•10 months ago

            For me, after mounting, it doesn’t appear at the left menu, but it is mounted. I have to open a new dolphin window to see it there. Same for unmouting. Only happens withs iso I think.

  • e_t_
    3•10 months ago

    For what purpose do you want to mount the .iso file? Ark can open it as an archive and extract any contained file.

    • @[email protected]OP
      2•10 months ago

      That… is not very useful. If you have a 100GB .iso (as some recent games) that you need to install, you now need 100GB x 3. The .iso, the extracted folder, then the installation. I’d rather have the simple easy step any other OS allows, which is to mount the iso for reading.

        • @[email protected]OP
          7•10 months ago

          Yes. But when you install a game that is in an iso, you need to extract everything, because everything gets copied during the install. The years of the main install files being copied and the video files kept on the .iso are very very long gone. So again, this is not a useful method unless .iso files are rather small, and when they are, it’s still extra steps.