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I use gnome-session-flashback on Ubuntu 18.04. I much prefer the nemo filemanager compared to Nautilus. I downloaded it via apt-get install nemo

I then looked around online to find out how to make nemo the default. I've tried many such as these

xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true

I then restarted but while some portions worked such as pressing Home on the Places tab on the top menu. Things like other applications opening the filemanager to upload file or download file. Another is if you click a link to a drive on the desktop also opens nautilus instead of nemo. I'd just like to never use Nautilus. Any ideas?

Thanks

Jacob Melon
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Update June 8, 2019

There is a tutorial on installing nemo in Ubuntu:

First install nemo:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/nemo3
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nemo

Then set nemo as the preference over nautilus:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

If you change your mind or find nemo lacking in some way:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true
xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
sudo apt remove nemo

Original answer

There is currently a bug report filed on exo-utils here.

You can try this:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

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