How To Install filemanager-actions-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. filemanager-actions-doc is HTML user documentation for FileManager-Actions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is filemanager-actions-doc

filemanager-actions-doc 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 HTML user documentation for FileManager-Actions.

There are three methods to install filemanager-actions-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install filemanager-actions-doc

Install filemanager-actions-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install filemanager-actions-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install filemanager-actions-doc

Install filemanager-actions-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install filemanager-actions-doc

How To Uninstall filemanager-actions-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the filemanager-actions-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove filemanager-actions-doc

Uninstall filemanager-actions-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall filemanager-actions-doc 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-doc

Remove filemanager-actions-doc Configurations and Data

To remove filemanager-actions-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge filemanager-actions-doc

Remove filemanager-actions-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove filemanager-actions-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filemanager-actions-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.