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Questions tagged [nautilus-extensions]

Certain functions can be added to Nautilus by installing extensions.

Some popular Nautilus extensions include:

nautilus-actions

This allows you to easily assign actions based on file types.

nautilus-send-to

This provides a simple way to send a file or folder to another using email, instant messaging, or Bluetooth.

nautilus-open-terminal.

This allows you to open a terminal at the selected starting location.

nautilus-admin

This is a simple Python script that adds some administrative actions to the right-click menu.

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Nautilus-actions in 18.04

Nautilus-actions configuration tool, which was needed in order to have context menu actions in Nautilus doesn't seem available in the Software center in 18.04 LTS. (This seemed reported as a bug here - but confusingly specifying gedit instead of the…
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How to get IMDb info in Nautilus properties?

I want to see IMDb information about movie files on my Nautilus properties screen, using Nautilus scripts or actions. It's a really complex thing to do, I understand that, but the article Extending Nautilus Context Menus using Nautilus Actions,…
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How to get Nautilus-scripts working Nautilus?

How to get Nautilus-scripts (Terminal here, Root Nautilus, Root Gedit) working on Ubuntu 13.04? I copied those scripts to .gnome2/nautilus-scripts folder but it dose not seem to work anymore
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How can I install nautilus-gksu?

I heard about nautilus-gksu and would like to install it. Unfortunately, when I try, I get this: glemi@XPS:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E:…
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Nautilus tags/labels/marks/columns for folders/files

Is there any way how to mark folders or files with tags(or labels, new columns or whatever) in Nautilus? It would be nice to sort marked folders or files through this tags. Especially my first idea was to mark folders in my Movie directory with…
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Can Nautilus automatically close the window after a file is opened?

In Mac's OS X, if you hold Option while opening a file, the Finder window will automatically close (after opening the file). This works whether you double-click the file or use the keyboard shortcut (Command+o). Is there an equivalent in Nautilus?
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open in terminal is not working after upgrading to 19.10

My terminal always opens in home directory no matter where I open it. I also tried opening another terminal in the different directory but it's not working gnome-terminal --working-directory=Downloads gnome-terminal --working-directory…
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How to always show some hidden files in Nautilus?

I know all the files with dot in front of their names are hidden. Nautilus have an option to hide some specific files without dot in their name – by listing their names in .hidden text file, so these files will be hidden too, even if they don't…
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Force nautilus to ignore extensions

We all know(or will know one day) that Ubuntu(or GNU/Linux in general) does not work with extensions of file to recognize what kind of file it is.Rather it uses Magic Numbers. A Magic Number is a number associate with every Linux file and is…
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sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal does not work

I newly installed Ubuntu 13.04.I want to install nautilus open terminal facility.When i execute sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal it says: Unable to locate package nautilus-open-terminal.What is wrong?
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nautilus-compare on 22.04

This answer for installing nautilus-compare on 20.04 didn't work for 22.04 because it has no release file for jammy. But it seemed to work if I pointed it to the focal package instead: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boamaod/nautilus-compare sudo sed -i…
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No thumbnails for mp3 files in 18.04 (Nautilus)

When I edit a music file in mp3 format, I insert an image with easytag. When I play the file, the multimedia player (vlc, rhythmbox, smplayer...) does show me the cover of the file that I inserted previously. However, in nautilus the covers don't…
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nautilus-compare (meld integration with nautilus) and other nautilus-actions-extra packages not working with Ubuntu 13.04

I had nautilus-compare (and other nautilus-actions-extra packages) perfectly working with Ubuntu 12.04 I've just did a fresh install of Ubuntu raring ringtail, and then I ran sudo apt-get install meld nautilus-compare nautilus -q but the extra…
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Is it possibile to create Nautilus custom column generated by script?

Is there any possibility to add a custom (my own) column to nautilus folder view? Content of that column would be generated by script. For example, I have got an additional information about specific files in a database (let's say SQLight). I want…
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Mp3 ID3 info in Nautilus properties window

In Nautilus, we have dedicated tabs for images, pdf files, etc. However, there is no such tabs for mp3 ID3 information. Is it possible to add this tab? If a plugin is needed, which plugin does provide this functionality?
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