{"id":8499,"date":"2019-01-06T16:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T16:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8499"},"modified":"2019-02-12T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T11:25:49","slug":"install-nautilus-actions-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/install-nautilus-actions-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Nautilus Actions in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nautilus actions is a file manager extension allows to add arbitrary program to be launched through the context menu of selected files.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu does no longer ship the Nautilus actions package in universe repositories since it&#8217;s been deprecated and renamed to <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.gnome.org\/GNOME\/filemanager-actions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FileManager actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions-600x349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions-450x262.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nautilus-actions.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those still need the tool, it has made into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~daniel-marynicz\/+archive\/ubuntu\/filemanager-actions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PPA repository<\/a> for Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:daniel-marynicz\/filemanager-actions<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-600x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"106\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-600x106.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-450x79.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then run commands to install the extension:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install filemanager-actions-nautilus-extension<\/pre>\n<p>For Linux Mint Cinnamon or MATE desktop, you can install <b>Nemo<\/b> or <b>Caja<\/b> extension via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install filemanager-actions-nemo-extension filemanager-actions-caja-extension<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, search for and launch <b>FileManager Actions<\/b> to launch the tool.<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove filemanager actions, run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove filemanager-actions<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the PPA, go to <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-remove-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-remove-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-remove-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fma-ppa-remove.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nautilus actions is a file manager extension allows to add arbitrary program to be launched through the context menu of selected files. Ubuntu does no longer ship the Nautilus actions package in universe repositories since it&#8217;s been deprecated and renamed to FileManager actions. 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