How To Install nautilus on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nautilus
nautilus is:
Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME 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 GNOME 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-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
Package: nautilus Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2015 Depends: bubblewrap, desktop-file-utils (>= 0.7), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.8.0), gvfs (>= 1.3.2), libglib2.0-data, libnautilus-extension1a (= 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2), nautilus-data (= 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2), shared-mime-info (>= 0.50), tracker, tracker-miner-fs, tracker-extract, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.32.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libdbusmenu-glib4 (>= 0.4.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libgexiv2-2 (>= 0.10.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58.1), libgnome-autoar-0-0 (>= 0.2.1), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.27), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.6), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.42), libselinux1 (>= 2.0), libtracker-sparql-2.0-0 (>= 1.12.0), libunity9 (>= 3.4.6) Recommends: gvfs-backends, librsvg2-common Suggests: eog, evince | pdf-viewer, gnome-sushi, nautilus-extension-brasero, nautilus-sendto, totem | mp3-decoder, xdg-user-dirs Breaks: totem (« 3.31.91-1) Replaces: totem (« 3.31.91-1) Filename: pool/main/n/nautilus/nautilus_3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 601360 MD5sum: f71700caf5730e7a84a3746afea60b89 SHA1: 828b77347b8bc51c5996c7496853fabcd1300c0b SHA256: d01774cd326cff71a3f608a497dd7b3a746b315a4615c1ae09bc4dd903d862cd Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Nautilus Description-en: file manager and graphical shell for GNOME Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME 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 GNOME 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-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install nautilus 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 nautilus 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus
Install nautilus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus
Install nautilus 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus
How To Uninstall nautilus on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nautilus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus
Uninstall nautilus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus
Remove nautilus Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus
Remove nautilus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.