How To Install filemanager-actions-libs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-libs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is filemanager-actions-libs
filemanager-actions-libs 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 core libraries used by FileManager-Actions.
There are three methods to install filemanager-actions-libs
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-libs 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-libs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filemanager-actions-libs
Install filemanager-actions-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filemanager-actions-libs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filemanager-actions-libs
Install filemanager-actions-libs 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-libs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filemanager-actions-libs
How To Uninstall filemanager-actions-libs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the filemanager-actions-libs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filemanager-actions-libs
Uninstall filemanager-actions-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filemanager-actions-libs
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-libs
Remove filemanager-actions-libs Configurations and Data
To remove filemanager-actions-libs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filemanager-actions-libs
Remove filemanager-actions-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filemanager-actions-libs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filemanager-actions-libs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filemanager-actions-libs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.