How To Install nautilus-actions on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-actions on Ubuntu 20.04. nautilus-actions is transitional package for FileManager-Actions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-actions on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is nautilus-actions

nautilus-actions is:

Nautilus actions is an extension for Nautilus, the GNOME file manager. It allows the configuration of programs to be launched on files selected in the Nautilus interface.

The project has undergone a name change since other GNOME-based file managers, like Caja and Nemo, are now supported as well.

This package provides an easy way to upgrade to FileManager-Actions. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install nautilus-actions 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-actions 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-actions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-actions

Install nautilus-actions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-actions using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nautilus-actions

Install nautilus-actions 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-actions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-actions

How To Uninstall nautilus-actions on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the nautilus-actions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nautilus-actions

Uninstall nautilus-actions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nautilus-actions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-actions

Remove nautilus-actions Configurations and Data

To remove nautilus-actions configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-actions

Remove nautilus-actions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nautilus-actions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-actions

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-actions package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.