How To Install nemo-fileroller on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo-fileroller on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nemo-fileroller
nemo-fileroller is:
Nemo File Roller is an Nemo extension which allows you to create and extract archives in Nemo. This extension adds “Extract Here” (for archive files) and “Compress…” items to the right-click menu.
There are three methods to install nemo-fileroller 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 nemo-fileroller 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-fileroller using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nemo-fileroller
Install nemo-fileroller Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nemo-fileroller using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nemo-fileroller
Install nemo-fileroller 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-fileroller using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nemo-fileroller
How To Uninstall nemo-fileroller on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nemo-fileroller package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nemo-fileroller
Uninstall nemo-fileroller And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nemo-fileroller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nemo-fileroller
Remove nemo-fileroller Configurations and Data
To remove nemo-fileroller configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nemo-fileroller
Remove nemo-fileroller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nemo-fileroller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nemo-fileroller
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo-fileroller package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
