Is filemanager-actions working with 19.04?
I installed filemanager-actions
from Ubuntu software, but cannot succeed to create a new entry in the file manager context menu :
I installed gnome-search-tool
, and want to add it on a right click on a folder in nautilus
.
So I create a new action in filemanager-actions
, on the Action tab I enter "Search...
" for the label, and in the Command tab, I enter "gnome-search-tool
" in the path field, plus "--path="%d"
" in the parameter field.
But nothing appears in nautilus
; after restart or reboot still nothing.
Am I missing something, or is it just not working ? Is there a way to achieve that ? Idea is to be able to search within files for some keywords in a specific folder/subfolders. Thanks.
The FMA is installable from universe pocket since Ubuntu 19.04 (disco dingo, now EOL) and then on supported 20.04 LTS (focal fossa) with
sudo apt-get install filemanager-actions
Then you need to run fma-config-tool
(FileManager-Actions Configuration Tool) and make sure that you have checked checkboxes
Nautilus Item
[v] Display item in selection context menu
[v] Display item in location context menu
and have saved settings.
The documentation is available from official help which is available from fma-config-tool
with F1 (or with yelp ghelp:fma-config-tool
).
Then you need to install Nautilus Actions package with
sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions
then restart Nautilus with nautilus -q
.
The corresponding menu item will be shown in the right mouse click menus:
Note: the actions set in fma-config-tool
will be shown in Caja in Nemo too. In these cases we need to install corresponding caja-actions
and/or nemo-extension-fma
packages.
I am writing this answer because I am not eligible to comment here, only a small correction in @N0rbert answer and that is to install nautilus-actions we have to use the command sudo apt install nautilus-extension-fma
in ubuntu 20.04 release.
the rest of the answer would be same.