Questions tagged [nemo]
Nemo is a file manager, similar to nautilus. It is used by default in Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition.
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How to set Nemo as the default file manager in Ubuntu?
I just installed Ubuntu and I want to replace nautilus with Nemo. I first installed Nemo by using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
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Can we set Nemo or Nautilus, to show hidden files per directory?
Can we set somehow Nemo or Nautilus, to show hidden files per directory like the sorting, for example?
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Switching from nautilus to nemo not working 18.04
I use gnome-session-flashback on Ubuntu 18.04. I much prefer the nemo filemanager compared to Nautilus. I downloaded it via apt-get install nemo
I then looked around online to find out how to make ...
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Select range of lines in native linux text-editors (gedit, pluma, nemo)
I have a very large text file, and I want to select part of the text (range of lines. Example: from line 10000 to line 40000 and the text has 100 thousand lines). But I do not see any option in these ...
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cinnamon-core, Nemo does not show the sharing tab. There is no nemo-share
I have installed Linux Mint 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.04 + Cinnamon. On Linux Mint, Nemo shows a much better context menu and the file property dialogue box has "Share". On Ubuntu + Cinnamon, Nemo shows ...
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How to calculate total file sizes from a new-line delimited list stored in variable?
I'm trying to create a Nemo script that will calculate total file size of selected files and pass it on to the rest of the script.
It is using NEMO_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS environment variable ...
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Edit context menu icon in Cinnamon
I haveCinnamon on my Ubuntu with custom theme. Now I would like to customise context menu shown upon right click on desktop. In my case there is very large icon for Open as root action, which I'd like ...
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How to install the (latest version of) Nemo in Ubuntu 18.04 without cinnamon dependencies?
In previous Ubuntu versions there was a Nemo version without cinnamon dependencies but the PPA does not (yet?) include a version for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.
Is there another way to install the (...
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Nemo doesn't preview all thumbnails, and it's not size related
Basically the same question as here: Why doesn't Nemo preview thumbnails?
However, I've tried all of those solutions and still have this issue.
Here's what I'm seeing:
As you can see, i'm ...
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File associate by MIME subtype / extension
I'm writing files in markdown format using the markdown editor Remarkable and I name these files with the extension *.md. I'd like to associate the these files with Remarkable but if I do so the ...
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File upload dialog
Is it possible to use default file manager when uploading files on Firefox (and any other browser)?
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How do I show the full folder path of open Nemo file browser windows when I right-click the Launcher in Ubuntu?
I am using Nemo instead of Nautilus as my primary Ubuntu Unity file manager. When I right-click the icon on the launcher bar it shows the folder name of open windows, as shown in this screenshot here. ...
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Nemo file manager - only "Eject" no "Safely remove device" for some USB flash sticks
I don't see the option when using a Sony USB 3.0 flash. With USB 2.0 Kingstons it is there.
Can somebody confirm this as normal behaviour for USB 3.0 devices in Nemo file manager(v. 3.2.2)?
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Nemo sort php files and javascript as type program
Nemo and Nautilus sort PHP files and JavaScript files as type "Program".
How can I modify this feature, so I can sort JavaScript as JavaScript and PHP as PHP?
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Nautilus and nemo wont display directories in Home directory since new update for 16.04 for Spectre, Meltdown vulnerability
Ever since the new kernel update to fix intel's cpu Spectre, Meltdown vulnerability Nautilus and nemo wont display directories in the Home drive.
I can't even do a ls from the terminal it just sits ...
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Stop Nemo from opening as root
When in Dolphin, I ask to open a folder in Nemo, and it only opens the folder as root. How do I stop Dolphin from opening as root. Dolphin also opens folders in Nautilus as root.
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Is it possible to make it so that an application has no icon?
I was wondering, could I make an application not have an icon? I don't mean like "make it a question mark," but I mean like for example how Synapse has no icon when running, would it be possible to ...
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Make Nemo produce desktop Icons Gnome 3.26.1 on Ubuntu 17.10
So I have looked this up and can only find solutions for older versions of Gnome.
Everywhere quotes this as the solution:
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-...
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Nautilus and Nemo ssh connection error: Timed out when logging in
I'm using Ubuntu 17.04 64bit with the latest version of Nautilus and Nemo.
Both of them raise the error
Timed out when logging in
while trying to connect via ssh...
In terminal the connection ...
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Xubuntu 17.10 + nemo + dropbox support
I like nemo in Xubuntu but the Dropbox support doesn't seem to be available for aardvark. I like the folder emblems to show sync status.
Any ideas on how to add this level of support to nemo in 17.10?
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List hidden files last
Most of the time when I'm using nemo, I don't want to worry about hidden files; but the times when I need to see hidden files are too numerous for me to toggle their visibility each time.
Is there an ...
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Where can I download Nemo FM without cinnamon deps for Ubuntu 16.04?
Everything I find tells me to use the PPA, which isn't possible for me atm since I don't yet have internet (and likely won't for a while) and this rooted phone can't teather or hotspot including ...
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Nemo (or another fiile manager): add subfolders to bookmarks
Nemo has left panel with 'Computer', 'Bookmarks', 'Devices' and 'Network' sections.
I know how I can add a folder to 'Bookmarks'.
But I want to add them in hierarchical structure, say:
Bookmarks (...
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No mp3 thumbnail (album art cover) when using ffmpegthumbnailer, in Ubuntu Gnome 17.04
I use Nemo as my default file browser and I want to use ffmpegthumbnailer to generate thumbnails. So I installed ffmpegthumbnailer and edited the totem.thumbnailer file in /usr/share/thumbnailers and ...
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Nemo "open in Terminal" doesn't work in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
I'm using Nemo file manager in ubuntu mate 16.04 LTS... but when i Right click --> Open in Terminal, nothing happens. not even error messages.
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Stubborn zoomed text in Nautilus / Nemo, whichever set as default
Somehow I have managed to zoom the text size in Nautilus on Ubuntu 16.10, probably because I couldn't originally change the screen resolution and everything was tiny. Now I can't remember how I did it ...
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How can I create a .desktop file that opens a directory in Nemo?
How can I create a .desktop file that opens a directory in Nemo browser?
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How can I disable the quicksearch in “Save as...” dialogue?
In the “Save as...” dialogue the quicksearch function captures keyboard entries if I want to rename the file although the target file name is marked:
This is annoying. Although I know that I’m ...
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Can't install nemo-seahorse
I've tried installing nemo-seahorse extension for nemo file manager after installing it as given in the following sites
http://www.webupd8.org/2016/11/nemo-320-with-unity-patches-and-without.html
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Restore previously open windows in Nemo at startup on Cinnamon [duplicate]
Is there a way to have Ubuntu automatically open the windows (in the file manager) which were open when it was shut down?
I am using the Cinnamon desktop environment with Nemo as file manager.
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How do you set desktop background with nemo configured to manage the desktop, in 16.04
If Nemo is configured to manage the desktop:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true
it does not respect the System ...
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File browser freezes in certain folders
Nautilus crashes when I access folders with certain files: the window does not respond anymore, and I do not see the contents of the folder. If I move the files (e.g. from the terminal), I can open ...
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nemo-share doesn't work
I have installed samba, nemo-share, nautilus-share.
I can't find any share option anywhere in nemo or nautilus. It's not in the right click menu. It's not in the drop down menus. It's not in folder ...
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Dropbox hangs when trying to move sync folder
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with Cinnamon as desktop environment and Nemo as file manager.
Dropbox's default folder is ~/Dropbox. When I try to move the folder, by clicking the "Mover" (Move) button, ...
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How to install Nemo Image Tools extension? [duplicate]
I've been trying to install the extension from this guide, but when I get to to the line to install:
sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-tools
I get:
Unable to locate package nautilus-image-tools
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How to install nemo extensions?
I have ubuntu 16.04 and Nemo file manager. I downloaded nemo file extensions from here:
https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo-extensions
First, where are details of the extensions?
Second, how do I '...
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Xubuntu 16.04--Default desktop icons suddenly disappeared
I've been doing research for a couple hrs now to solve this problem and have found nothing that works.
Ex: this does not work for me: xUbuntu Default desktop Icons do not display?
Here is a ...
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Can't get video thumbnail previews working for a samba share (Dolphin/Nautilus/Nemo)
I'm running Kubuntu 16.04 and the stock file browser (Dolphin) fails to render any video thumbnail previews at all locally or on a samba share. Edit: Sliding the icon size bar to 96+ pixels causes the ...
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Nemo can't open trash
I initially installed Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome shell and everything that the flavor comes from. After a while nautilus was being a resource hog so I switched to Nemo since I didn't like it anyways.
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Add Short Date Format for Nemo File Manager
I am using Nemo File manager for some time now and one of the things that annoyed me a little is the date format it uses for any of the date columns (Date Modified, Date Accessed, etc.). I know there ...
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How to modify a keyboard shortcut Nemo v2.8.7?
I've browsed around this forum to find an answer for it but the answers that I found never worked. Some answers suggest that there is a folder ~/.gnome2/accels/nemo which there isn't on my machine.
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Remove nautilus without breaking gnome Ubuntu 16.04
I read other questions about this topic, but I cannot find a final solution.
I always had some nautilus issues (it freezes very often and I cannot rely on it during my work), So I decided to install ...
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Can’t add Mediainfo to Open With list (using Nemo or mimeopen)
[While researching this problem I have found a work-around, but I’m still curious to see if anyone can explain why this is happening.]
In the past I’m certain I’d added mediainfo-gui to the Open With ...
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Replacing Thunar in Xubuntu
I installed nemo and deleted Thunar in Xubuntu 14.04. Nemo was set as default manager and works fine but my problem is with the desktop. When I double click icons on the desktop in order to launch ...
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Can a Network Share tab be added to Nemo in Ubuntu 16.04
Recently, I had had an issue which required making a folder shareable on my local LAN. I noticed that under Ubuntu 16.04 there was no "share" tab in Nemo for making a folder shareable on the local LAN....
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Missing desktop icons with Nemo on Ubuntu 16.04
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. On my computer I used to replace Nautilus with Nemo. Since Ubuntu was upgraded, it looks like Nemo is no more able to handle the desktop display. Instead of ...
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How can I place the nautilus - nemo sidebar to the right?
Is there a way to place the sidebar of nautilus and/or nemo to the right and not in the left?
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Is there any way to get a details pane in Ubuntu 14.04 like in Windows File Explorer?
Is there any way to get the details pane, preferably in Nemo? I am particularly interested in the duration, bit rate of music files and videos.
I realize I can view the information in List View but I ...
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USB Media stopped working from one day to the next on 2 PCs (Ubuntu 14.04)
frome one day to the next Ubuntu 14.04 stopped recognizing any USB media. Plugging in a USB stick or my Android phone plays the familiar klick sound but no device is listed in nemo or the native file ...
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Nemo - remove items from context menu
I would like to ask you how can I remove some items from context menu in Nemo File Manager.
I mean this items:
Set as Wallpaper
Send with Thunderbird
There is image:
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