How To Install nemo on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nemo
nemo is:
Nemo is the official file manager for the Cinnamon desktop. It allows one to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the Cinnamon desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems.
Several icon themes and components for viewing different kinds of files are available in separate packages. Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: nemo Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.2-2 Priority: optional Section: universe/misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4681 Depends: cinnamon-desktop-data (>= 4.4), desktop-file-utils (>= 0.7), gsettings-desktop-schemas, gvfs (>= 1.3.2), libcinnamon-desktop4 (>= 4.4), libglib2.0-data, libnemo-extension1 (= 4.4.2-2), libxapp1 (>= 1.4.2), nemo-data (= 4.4.2-2), shared-mime-info (>= 0.50), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.32.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libexempi8 (>= 2.5.0), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgail-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.6), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Recommends: cinnamon-l10n (>= 4.4), gvfs-backends, gvfs-fuse, librsvg2-common, nemo-fileroller (>= 4.4) Suggests: eog, evince | pdf-viewer, totem | mp3-decoder, xdg-user-dirs Breaks: cinnamon (« 4.4), cinnamon-core (« 4.4~), nemo-fileroller (« 4.4) Filename: pool/universe/n/nemo/nemo_4.4.2-2_amd64.deb Size: 886756 MD5sum: 2015166e3c4ed44030afd93310e71028 SHA1: eb7c589634b57740d59bb920d658aaa3b7391f7d SHA256: 7b7f8cf5120e9c9b23c66aa3c0536b2a8452b5aaade8d315a1ee6401c3c525bc Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Description-en: File manager and graphical shell for Cinnamon Nemo is the official file manager for the Cinnamon desktop. It allows one to browse directories, preview files and launch applications associated with them. It is also responsible for handling the icons on the Cinnamon desktop. It works on local and remote filesystems.
Several icon themes and components for viewing different kinds of files are available in separate packages. Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install nemo 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 nemo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nemo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nemo
Install nemo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nemo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nemo
Install nemo 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 nemo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nemo
How To Uninstall nemo on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nemo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nemo
Uninstall nemo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nemo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nemo
Remove nemo Configurations and Data
To remove nemo configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nemo
Remove nemo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nemo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nemo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.