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 use pacpl in nemo
I'm using Nemo File Manager, and for working purpose I need to have the pacpl audio converter installed in it. There's no way I can have it. Is there anyone that can provide a suggestion? Thanks.
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Set wallpaper in nemo file manager
I replaced nautilus with nemo file manager, i like nemo much more, but i dont know how to set wallpaper in nemo. If i go to images and right click on image, then select "Set as wallpaper" nothing ...
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no LibreOffice icon in taskbar when directly opening a document file
First, i don't think it's an duplicate of:
no LibreOffice icon in applications bar
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LibreOffice icons missing from Unity task panel
I am using:
Ubuntu [15.04] with Cinnamon[2.8.0]-Desktop
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Keyboard shortcut in Nemo to open terminal in active folder [closed]
Nautilus has the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal at the current folder.
Is this possible in Nemo (I have version 2.6.7, running on Linux Mint 17.2)?
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Unmet dependency installing Nemo
I am trying to install on a fresh 14.04 system from the Webupd8 PPA. The main nemo package is failing to install with this error:
$ sudo apt-get install nemo
[sudo] password for lads:
Reading ...
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How to unmark 'allow executing file as program' for all files with the same extension
Nemo asks me if I want to execute .txt or .r files when I click to open it, I would have to unmark manually all .txt or .r files to be able to open them directly with gedit or rstudio.
So my ...
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Cannot move / copy files between panes in Nemo after update
I use multiplae panes a lot to move or copy files between panes. After Nautilus made the multiple panes disappear, I used the Webupd8's Repository so i can get that functionality back.
Then, after a ...
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compress and email option in right click
I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 with the Nemo file manager.
How can I enable a right click option which compresses files into a zip archive and attaches it to a new E-Mail in Thunderbird?
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Nemo / Nautilus folder icon size
Does anybody know how to reduce this white space - distance on nemo or nautilus between the folders? It's getting ridiculous! I've enlarged the thumbnails from dconf-editor and I also use compact mode,...
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Why did my nemo scripts disappeared?
If you are using the Nemo file manager from the "WebUpD8" PPA (https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/nemo) you might have noticed that you cannot launch your custom scripts any more. The ...
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Dropbox: Ubuntu 14.04, Cinnamon, Nemo
I cant link Dropbox with Nemo. I uninstalled Nautilus, installed dropbox then installed nemo-dropbox, but it doesn't work.
These are the steps I've done:
1: sudo apt-get install cinnamon
2: restart ...
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Marking/Tagging a file in Nemo/Nautilus
I'd love a feature in which I can simply mark/tag a file 'Done'(or similar) whenever I'm done with it. If I have a folder full of 200+ files which I need to go through (videos or music), then it would ...
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Change icons in Nemo bookmarks bar
http://gyazo.com/035b3091cf7b47247f10a78fa48a9c88
I want to change Video and Games icon on that side bar
I looked up the icons I want and found them in the directory /usr/share/icons/Numix/16x16/...
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How to set nemo as default instead of nautilus? [duplicate]
I have recently installed nemo with:
sudo apt-get install nemo
But I am finding that other applications still are using nautilus to open folders like for instance the Unity search still opens its ...
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How to save/fix the column width in the Nemo file manager?
Is there a way to fix/save the width of the columns in the file manager Nemo (using 2.4.5 in Xubuntu 14.04)? Even for each folder?
At the moment the column widths can be changed in a tab and the ...
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Disable thumbnail creation for specific folders only, but all users
How do I prevent my Ubuntu 14.10 (now 15.04) from creating and saving thumbnails for a specific folder only?
I want to tell the thumbnailer to skip over that single folder (and subfolders), but for ...
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Archive manager which has integration into Nemo except File Roller (Archive Manager)?
I mean something like "Extract Here" and "Compress..." menus on right-click.
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How to create new Magic Cookie?
I've been searching around on Google but I cannot find my answer on how to create a new MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE.
I recently did a reinstall and I had copied over my files from a backup back into my home ...
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Display 'cd' accessible path to mtp device in Nemo
Nemo displays path to mtp device like that:
mtp://[usb:001,007]/
I want to be able to copy path from Nemo to terminal and cd there. Maybe it's possible even with this path while escaping some ...
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Filemanager that asks for sudo rights when it needs it [duplicate]
On my Mac I can copy files using the Finder, and if the destination folder has a different owner, a window pops up and asks for credentials.
On Ubuntu or Linux Mint I don't see anything like that. ...
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How to open folders with `nemo` by clicking on folder icons on the desktop handled by nautilus or directly within nautilus?
My aim is to replace nautilus with nemo from universe in ubuntu devel (currently vivid) using unity. I am close to this goal, after reading about DefaultFileManager from ubuntu help and this or this ...
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Nemo dpkg error when upgrading PPA version [duplicate]
When trying to upgrade to the PPA version of Nemo, I get the following dpkg error:
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information.....
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Problem setting VIM as standard text editor
I want to set vim (not gvim, not vi) as standard text editor. In the net there are the following suggestions to associate programs with file types.
use sudo update-alternatives --config editor link
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How to force Firefox to open downloads with new default file manager (Nemo)?
I installed Ubuntu 14.04.
Then I installed Nemo and configured it to be my new default file manager.
Most things works great, except for the browser Firefox. If I download a file and click in Firefox ...
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Change the opacity of a cut selection (nemo.css)
I am trying to find what I need to edit in a GTK theme (specifically Ambiance) to change the opacity of a cut file. A selected file is orange and when I cut it, it is a little opaque - I'd like it to ...
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Nautilus window background goes black when using custom themes
I am facing a problem when using custom themes in ubuntu 14.04 unity interface, such as the mbuntu-y theme appearing in the screenshot attached, as you can see the background of nautilus window goes ...
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Missing nemo right-click "extract/compress files"
recently I installed nemo as default filemanager replacing the nautilus. So far it work perfectly except the fact that I missed the "right click extract/compress". I've installed nemo 2.2.2 and nemo-...
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Get nemo to use proper icon resolution
Most icon themes have a set of different sized icons that will be used for the same thing but change depending on the size of the icon being viewed. In nemo, if I want to change the icon of a file or ...
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Installing Nemo file manager on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
How to install Nemo file manager on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32 Bit
Please anyone help me.
Which repositories should I use for installing Nemo On Ubuntu.
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Nemo Randomly Makes Itself Default File Manager and Creating Desktop Shortcuts
I've installed Nemo but haven't made it default and I have nothing on my desktop. But sometimes when I boot up I see Computer, Home and Trash icons on my desktop and suddenly Nemo is the default file ...
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How do I disable desktop icons? (no nautilus in gconf-editor)
I switched my file manager from nautilus to nemo. I installed nemo and changed in the files /usr/share/applicatons/nautilus-home.desktop and nautilus-folder-handler.desktop to
Exec=nemo
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Nemo keyboard shortcuts overwritten
I read a lot about how you can make Nemo your standard file browser in Ubuntu 14.04. I managed to install it and most of the standard actions are performed by Nemo and no longer by nautilus - as it ...
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Icons appeared alone and I can't delete them
It's very strange, the computer freeze and I restart it. After the restart I saw 3 icons appeared on the desktop.
I can't delete them! Right click - "Delete" is not active, as well as the keybord. ...
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symbolic icons for nemo
Is it possible to change nemo (source code probably?) in order to use symbolic icons in the sidebar instead of the usual folder icons, just like nautilus does?
I.e.: I want nemo to use folder-...
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Organize desktop by name in Nemo
I'm using Nemo as my file manager and when I press the right mouse button the only option to sort my Desktop is by Name.
Is it possible to sort by other values, like Date Modified?
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Android device on MTP shows up as "Unnamed Device"
I have a Nexus 5. Ubuntu detects and mounts it fine, and I have no problem in transferring files or any other action. However, it does show up as an "Unnamed Device" in some places (Ubuntu ...
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How to replace Nautilus with Nemo in Gnome 3
I would like to replace Nautilus(Default gnome shell file manager) with Nemo file manger in Gnome 3.
How can I do that ?
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What is a good GUI file renamer that takes files from command line URIs?
Looking for a GUI mass file renamer that can be run from a selection of files in Nemo. Nemo has a built-in placeholder for a mass rename tool so you can provide the name of the app to run to rename ...
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How to fix GTK theme for Nemo's pathbar breadcrumbs and disk free space barchart
I like a few features of Nemo, but there seems to be a theme problem - at least when running under Ubuntu Gnome 14.04:
As you can see from this screenshot:
it's not possible to see which of the ...
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Desktop icons label too dark in nemo file manager
I have installed nemo in Ubuntu 14.04 from www.webupd8.org/2013/10/install-nemo-with-unity-patches-and.html, and it worked fine.
Today I rebooted my computer and I found my desktop icons with dark ...
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How can I make all applications use Nemo's file selection dialog instead of Nautilus?
I switched to nemo a long time ago, because I think it's superior to nautilus in many ways. One small thing bothers me however:
Whenever I want to open a document in gedit (or evince, but I'm sure ...
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Nemo '/Home' folder freezes
I have Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, and I just installed Cinnamon 2.0 desktop. When I try to open files /Home is not responding and freezes.
I can access specific folders like ~/Picture and ~/Music from '...
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Open Remote Terminal Location from Nemo in Ubuntu 13.10
In Nautilus it was possible to build up a ssh connection to a remote server via passphrase. Then you could bookmark the address and go there really fast. This still works in Nemo with Ubuntu 13.10.
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Ubuntu Hide Desktop Icon Problem Ubuntu 13.10
I am facing the scenario as below whenever I try to hide the Desktop Icon for Ubuntu 13.10.
When my default File Manager is set to Nautilus, everything is working fine even after I set the Desktop ...
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Mouse wheel won't scroll 100% of the time in file system [closed]
I'm running XFCE Desktop Environment, with the default Window Manager and am using Nemo File Manager.
I love everything about this setup, except one thing: I can't scroll through my files like I ...
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Nemo Custom Action (.sh script) does not execute
I created a .sh script for simple OCR-ing of screenshots that I make with Shutter.
The script looks like this (ocrFile.sh):
#!/bin/bash
convert $1 /tmp/output.pnm
cat /tmp/output.pnm | pamstretch 4 &...
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change folder icons in ubuntu-mono-dark theme
I'm running 13.10 with Unity, and I have a "problem":
I'm using Nemo, because I prefer it over Nautilus (for obvious reasons imo), and it works really great.
The drawback of Nemo is, that it is kind ...
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Why apt-get wants to install Cinnamon when I try to install Nemo?
My wallpaper in Unity started behaving strangely some weeks ago and after much searching I finally understood it was Cinnamon messing it. I never installed Cinnamon myself, but use - I mean used - ...
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Why doesn't Nemo preview thumbnails?
I have a problem with thumbnails on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit system with Cinnamon 2.0.14 DE and Nemo 2.08.
I have tried removing the ~/.thumbnails directory but it is not working for me. This is ...
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Hourglass pointer launching a nemo quicklist sub-item from UnityLauncher
Running raring 13.04 I meet a strange behaviour (non-blocking). When I launch a home subfolder (e.g. Music) from the nemo launcher, the windows opens fine but I always get the hourglass pointer for ...
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