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I have many users at the place I work, expressing the notion of switching to Ubuntu. Most of them, for whatever weird reason wanting to know if its possible to have refresh added when you right click on the desktop.

Is that possible?

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Refresh what? Icons, like Windows? I doubt that has any functionality in Win 7, etc. these days... – izx Jun 26 '12 at 11:55
@izx Yes, refresh icons, and the desktop. Windows 7 still has that. – Mitch Jun 26 '12 at 11:57
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I know it does, but it doesn't seem to do anything :/ – izx Jun 26 '12 at 12:06
Why don't you try F5 or Ctrl+R Keys. It is better to use keyboard often. – tijybba Jun 29 '12 at 10:01

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To add refresh command to right click context menu in Ubuntu 11.10 , install nautilus – refresh by running following commands in the terminal.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dr3mro/nautilus-actions-extra

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nautilus-refresh

Once the package is installed, run following commands to restart nautilus or log out and log back in to see the changes.

nautilus -q
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When I try the first command I get, E: Unable to locate package lineakd – Mitch Jun 30 '12 at 7:31
Can you supply a link? Everything I tried is not working. – Mitch Jun 30 '12 at 7:52
when I try to install using USC, I get an error about unmet dependencies. – Mitch Jun 30 '12 at 8:18
I updated my answer which a more simple approach.Try that instead :) – Nick Jun 30 '12 at 8:48
thanks, it works perfectly :) – Mitch Jun 30 '12 at 10:47
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Open the terminal (CTRL-ALT-T) and type in the following: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nae-team/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nautilus-refresh

now restart nautilus or logout and login back in

..thats it!....

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