How To Install nautilus-emblems on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-emblems on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nautilus-emblems
nautilus-emblems is:
This Nautilus extension restores the emblems functionality that used to be in GNOME 2 but is now missing in GNOME 3.
Small icons can be attached to any local file by opening its property page and selecting the desired images.
There are three methods to install nautilus-emblems on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-emblems 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-emblems using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-emblems
Install nautilus-emblems Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-emblems using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-emblems
Install nautilus-emblems 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-emblems using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-emblems
How To Uninstall nautilus-emblems on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nautilus-emblems package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-emblems
Uninstall nautilus-emblems And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-emblems and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-emblems
Remove nautilus-emblems Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-emblems configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-emblems
Remove nautilus-emblems configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-emblems configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-emblems
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-emblems package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
