How To Install nautilus-scripts-manager on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-scripts-manager on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nautilus-scripts-manager
nautilus-scripts-manager is:
nautilus-scripts-manager is a small and easy to use application which allows any user to activate, deactivate or just see Nautilus scripts installed in the system.
Nautilus scripts are just ordinary scripts which, once activated, can be ran directly from the right-click menu in the popular GNOME files manager.
This program can be used through its intuitive graphical interface or with a set of command line options. In particular, it can transparently replace the command line utility nautilus-script-manager (notice the missing “s”).
Once installed, it will appear among the user settings utilities (usually in the “Preferences” menu).
There are three methods to install nautilus-scripts-manager on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-scripts-manager 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-scripts-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-scripts-manager
Install nautilus-scripts-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-scripts-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-scripts-manager
Install nautilus-scripts-manager 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-scripts-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-scripts-manager
How To Uninstall nautilus-scripts-manager on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nautilus-scripts-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-scripts-manager
Uninstall nautilus-scripts-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-scripts-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-scripts-manager
Remove nautilus-scripts-manager Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-scripts-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-scripts-manager
Remove nautilus-scripts-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-scripts-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-scripts-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-scripts-manager package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.