How To Install nautilus-filename-repairer on Debian 10

Learn how to install nautilus-filename-repairer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nautilus-filename-repairer is Nautilus extension for filename encoding repair

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-filename-repairer on Debian 10.

What is nautilus-filename-repairer

nautilus-filename-repairer is:

This is a Nautilus extension which repairs filename which uses wrong encoding in Nautilus. This extension provides the context menu for any file whose filename uses wrong encoding, so that you cannot read the filename in Nautilus.

You can find a candidate for filename in context menu or submenu. This extension also provides a decoded name for URL encoded filename.

There are three methods to install nautilus-filename-repairer on Debian 10. 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-filename-repairer 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-filename-repairer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-filename-repairer

Install nautilus-filename-repairer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nautilus-filename-repairer

Install nautilus-filename-repairer 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-filename-repairer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-filename-repairer

How To Uninstall nautilus-filename-repairer on Debian 10

To uninstall only the nautilus-filename-repairer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nautilus-filename-repairer

Uninstall nautilus-filename-repairer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nautilus-filename-repairer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-filename-repairer

Remove nautilus-filename-repairer Configurations and Data

To remove nautilus-filename-repairer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-filename-repairer

Remove nautilus-filename-repairer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-filename-repairer

Dependencies

nautilus-filename-repairer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-filename-repairer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.