How To Install nautilus-script-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-script-manager on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nautilus-script-manager
nautilus-script-manager is:
This provides a small system-wide nautilus scripts “database” that allows each user to customize the scripts he wants to use, by simply linking them to his private nautilus scripts directory. The manager is basically a wrapper script for ln and rm calls.
Homepage: http://projects.ixios-software.com/nautilus-script-manager/
There are three methods to install nautilus-script-manager 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-script-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-script-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-script-manager
Install nautilus-script-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-script-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-script-manager
Install nautilus-script-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-script-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-script-manager
How To Uninstall nautilus-script-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nautilus-script-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-script-manager
Uninstall nautilus-script-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-script-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-script-manager
Remove nautilus-script-manager Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-script-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-script-manager
Remove nautilus-script-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-script-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-script-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-script-manager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
