Questions tagged [nautilus]
Nautilus (also known as GNOME Files) is the default file manager for Ubuntu and as such is used to manage files and folders. Nautilus is called "Files" by default on Ubuntu.
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How to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus' context menu?
I am working on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.
I want to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus context or right-click menu but it tries to download 32bit version from Internet.
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Traditional search-as-you-type on newer Nautilus versions
Until now I was using a "traditional" version of Nautilus: that that comes with Ubuntu 10.10. Now I'm using 3.6.3, included with Ubuntu 13.04 (most likely any recent version is equivalent for the ...
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How to restart nautilus without logging out?
How do I just restart the nautilus after adding a nautilus script without having to log out.
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Disable auto-opening nautilus window after auto-mount
Every time I plug a USB stick in, nautilus opens a new window with the contents of the drive. I would like to disable this auto-opening of the nautilus window, but I would like the actual auto-mount ...
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How do I run executable scripts in Nautilus?
When I double-click on a script in Nautilus to run it, the script just opens in my text editor with no option to run it. Using Nautilus, how do I run executable text files and/or scripts?
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How to show hidden folders in File Manager (Nautilus) on Ubuntu?
How do you show a hidden folder (whose name starts with .) in File Manager a.k.a. Nautilus on Ubuntu? I am somewhat new to Ubuntu and can't seem to find the "view" menu.
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Use path bar and address bar in Nautilus
By default, Nautilus use/show the path bar:
Using Ubuntu Tweak I managed to set by default the address bar:
Is it possible to set both of them as default (show both: the buttons and the text input)?
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What is the "Templates" folder in the home directory for?
For as long as I can remember, every time I install Ubuntu there is a folder in the home directory called "Templates." I've always just deleted it, but I'm curious: what's it supposed to be used for, ...
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How to create a new blank file in Nautilus 3.6 and above?
I used to create new blank files in Nautilus (Files) using the right click context menu. It really saved me a lot of time. Since Nautilus 3.6, there is no such entry.
Is there a way to create a new ...
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How do I remove 'Places' entries from the Nautilus sidebar?
I want to remove Videos and Music from the left side panel. But, I can't seem to find the option to do so. How do you do that?
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What is the difference between "Unmount", "Eject", "Safely Remove Drive" and the eject icon?
When I right-click the desktop icon for my USB drive or SD card I have the choice to "Eject" or "Safely Remove Drive":
In the Tree side pane in Nautilus, I can either "Unmount" or "Eject":
The ...
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How do I set default view to 'list' in Nautilus file manager?
I would like to set my Nautilus "Default view" to List globally on my PC.
Is this possible, if so, how do I achieve this?
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Is there a way to restore Nautilus' split screen (F3) feature?
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 since today and I am missing the split screen function in Nautilus. Is there any way to patch Nautilus so that this amazing function is usable again?
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"Create new document" - right-click option missing in Ubuntu GNOME
I would like to to have a "create new document" option in the right-click menu.
Currently it looks like this :
I am using Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS with GNOME 3.20.
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How to open Nautilus at current command line directory?
I was wondering if anybody knew a command that would allow me to open a Nautilus (if that's the right name for the Ubuntu graphic/window explorer) window from the command line at the current directory ...
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Keyboard shortcut for "open a terminal here"
How can I create a keyboard shortcut so that when I press F12 in nautilus (or desktop), I get a terminal in the current directory?
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How can I copy the current path from Nautilus?
In 10.10, when opening a directory in Nautilus, I was wondering how to copy the current path?
My address bar, pictured here, is not copyable:
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Copy file and folder path from Nautilus
How can I copy the file and folders full path in Nautilus? In the right-click context menu there is no such option provided. In file/folder property window I can only copy the folder path.
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What is the Command Line Equivalent of "Safely Remove Drive"?
What is the command line equivalent of the Nautilus feature called "Safely Remove Drive". Specifically, I am removing a USB flash drive.
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Setting nautilus-open-terminal to launch Terminator rather than gnome-terminal
The nautilus-open-terminal package adds a menu/right-click option to open a terminal in the current directory.
I want to change this from opening gnome-terminal to opening terminator. There is some ...
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Bring back `BackSpace` Keyboard Shortcuts on nautilus and thunar
I want to use the "BackSpace" button as a shortcut key on nautilus. I want to return to the previous folder whilst browsing the Home folder, just like windows 7.
Also I want the same thing while ...
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Nautilus won't launch [16.04]
If I try to launch Nautilus in whatever way (from Unity, Terminal), it doesn't launch. Terminal gives me these outputs:
launch
name@machine:~$ nautilus
(nautilus:4367): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings ...
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How can I add a bookmark in my nautilus folder explorer
In Ubuntu 11 I just dragged the folder there. This seems to be not possible on my new Samsung ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04
I've tried Ctrl+D and using the top menu but nothing happens and no error ...
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Desktop shows a white or black background instead of wallpapers
After the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 my desktop background turns black after I try to set a image for that. How to fix it?
This is my desktop screen:
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How do I start Nautilus as root?
I've got a problem with Nautilus in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
When I run the command gksu nautilus /, the password ask box appears and I type my super-user password, then the password box disappears and ...
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Nautilus Git integration
Is there any equivalent to TortoiseSVN but for Ubuntu / Git? I'd like to integrate Git commands to Nautilus.
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Creating a new folder in Nautilus
I must be missing something really obvious, but when in Nautilus, how do I create a new folder if the window is full of other folders/files?
Whenever I right click, only the context menu of a ...
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How to customize (add/remove folders/directories) the "Places" menu of Ubuntu 13.04 "Files" application?
I can't seem to find a way to customize (add/remove folders/directories) the "Places" menu in the most recent "Files" application of Ubuntu 13.04. The procedures used with "Nautilus" in the previous ...
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How can I easily encrypt a file?
Is there any simple (IE: right click in Nautilus) way to password protect a particular folder/file in Ubuntu? I've got a few files containing sensitive info and I'd much prefer that if/when I leave my ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - "Unhandled error message: The name 1.1001 was not provided by any .service file" when trying to mount Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro via USB
When I try to mount my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro on my Ubuntu 20.04 via USB, I get "Unhandled error message: The name :1.1001 was not provided by any .service files" from Nautilus. It fails to ...
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Nautilus not opening up, showing GLib error
When I launch nautilus from terminal the following error is printed and nautilus doesn't open up.
(nautilus:25179): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->...
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Create a link to a folder on the left panel of Nautilus file manager?
I would like to create a link to some new folder that I have in my home.
The left panel shows docs, images downloads etc. But I would like to add my other folders that I created myself like university ...
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Are there any alternatives to Nautilus?
Are there any good alternatives to Nautilus? I'm looking for something lightweight, with a cleaner interface, but the ability to manually enter file paths is still important. Any suggestions?
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What happened to the Nautilus feature "Create Link" in Ubuntu 16.10 and newer?
I have upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I was surprised to see that the context menu entry "Make Link" (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M) in Nautilus doesn't seem to exist anymore. It used ...
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Sublime Text not showing in Nautilus "open with" menu
I am running Ubuntu 15.10.
My /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop contains the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Sublime Text
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=...
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How do I disable search-as-you-type text in Ubuntu 17.10 and later? [duplicate]
I cannot find enable-interactive-search in
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-interactive-search true.
I searched using
gsettings list-recursively | grep search
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Add custom command in the open with dialog?
In earlier versions of Ubuntu (10.10-) there was an option in the "open with" tab in the properties window, to add a custom command to open a file. However, this is no longer the case in Ubuntu 11.10. ...
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How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04?
I just upgraded to 18.04 (with GNOME 3.28) from 16.04. I am using gnome-shell, gnome-ubuntu-desktop. After upgrading the icon size on desktop are very large.
I am unable to find my option to decrease ...
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Where can I find the mount point for SMB shares in 13.04?
In older Ubuntu releases, you were able to access the SMB shares mounted with Nautilus by going into the ~/.gvfs/ directory. I found it very convenient, since I like to use Nautilus to mount the ...
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How do I change the default file manager back to Nautilus?
A while back, I set my default file manager to Nemo. I like it a lot, but it constantly crashes. I remember editing a text file to set it as default, but I forgot which file it was. How do I switch ...
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How to show full date and time in Nautilus/Files 3.6+ list view?
The list view of Nautilus 3.6 shows the dates files were modified in a variety of ways: the hour and minute if modified on the current day, and the month and day if modified during the current year, ...
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How can I assign custom icons to folders?
How do I assign custom icons to folders, as well as the default folders Desktop, Downloads, Music, etc.? I know that one way is to assign the properties of folders, but I want to assign icons in the ...
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How do I change the icon for a particular file type?
I'm trying to change the icon for application/x-hwp files. I've added the icons to the proper places, and checked it with assoGiate (after reading this thread). It shows that my desired icon is ...
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Refresh thumbnails in nautilus
How does one refresh thumbnails in nautilus? In my videos folder I have some MKVs and only half of them have the movie border and a excerpt from the movie and the others (also MKVs encoded in the same ...
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How do I type a path or URL directly into Nautilus?
How can I type a in a path or URL (ftp, sftp, etc.) directly into Nautilus instead of having to browse around?
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Nautilus does not show the left bar, how do I turn it back on?
When I open nautilus does not open the left bar where it says computer and down markers such as music, documents, videos, downloads. I reinstalled nautilus from the synaptic package manager but ...
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How do you add "open in terminal" to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories?
I would like to add it to the default menu (mouse right-click)
Like I want to right click on a folder and open it in the terminal.
I don't want to have to find the directory in the terminal.
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How to list all the files in a tree (a directory and its subdirs)?
For a task of mine I need to list all the files in a tree (a directory, all its subdirs, all subdirs of those, etc.).
I'd prefer to see them in Nautilus or Krusader, but a command-line solution is ...
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Nautilus show folders before files does not work in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I'm having a problem with Nautilus, showing an alphabetical list of files and folders. Obviously, an option to list folders first then files, is gone. I noticed listing order change after some upgrade ...
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How to preview DDS and WEBP images on nautilus?
I have too many images to search visually, so I cannot open each one of them individually.
What do I have to do or install to show DDS image previews on nautilus?
I would like to preview webp too if ...
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