How To Install filemanager-actions-data on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-data on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is filemanager-actions-data
filemanager-actions-data is:
FileManager-Actions is an extension for GNOME-based file managers, which allows the user to add arbitrary programs to be launched through the file manager’s context menu, based on the current selection.
The project was formerly known as Nautilus-Actions, but has changed its name since it now supports Caja and Nemo, in addition to Nautilus.
This package provides the common data files used by FileManager-Actions.
There are three methods to install filemanager-actions-data on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install filemanager-actions-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filemanager-actions-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filemanager-actions-data
Install filemanager-actions-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filemanager-actions-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filemanager-actions-data
Install filemanager-actions-data Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install filemanager-actions-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filemanager-actions-data
How To Uninstall filemanager-actions-data on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the filemanager-actions-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filemanager-actions-data
Uninstall filemanager-actions-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filemanager-actions-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filemanager-actions-data
Remove filemanager-actions-data Configurations and Data
To remove filemanager-actions-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filemanager-actions-data
Remove filemanager-actions-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filemanager-actions-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filemanager-actions-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-data package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
