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