How To Install nautilus-extension-fma on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-extension-fma on Ubuntu 20.04. nautilus-extension-fma is Nautilus extension to allow user-defined file-manager actions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-extension-fma on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nautilus-extension-fma

nautilus-extension-fma 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 Nautilus extension to allow the execution of the user-defined file-manager actions.

There are three methods to install nautilus-extension-fma 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 nautilus-extension-fma Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-extension-fma using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-extension-fma

Install nautilus-extension-fma Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-extension-fma using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nautilus-extension-fma

Install nautilus-extension-fma 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 nautilus-extension-fma using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-extension-fma

How To Uninstall nautilus-extension-fma on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nautilus-extension-fma package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nautilus-extension-fma

Uninstall nautilus-extension-fma And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nautilus-extension-fma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-extension-fma

Remove nautilus-extension-fma Configurations and Data

To remove nautilus-extension-fma configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-extension-fma

Remove nautilus-extension-fma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nautilus-extension-fma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-extension-fma

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Summary

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