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Nautilus is the official file manager and desktop shell for the GNOME desktop. Nautilus is is extensible via C and Python.

Nautilus is the official file manager and desktop shell for the GNOME desktop. Nautilus is extensible via C and Python.

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Can't run executables from nautilus

(the warning that shows up) On Ubuntu 18.04, I compiled a c++ sample which only included stdio.h and an empty main function using g++ test.cpp -o test . No errors popped up and I had no issues running it from the terminal. However, once I go on…
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Files explorer crashes on Ubuntu Bionic Beaver

I have an issue where almost every time I use the files file explorer it crashes and fails to open. I can only open files by right clicking on it and then going to "Open with other applications." I already tried to reinstall nautilus but could not…
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How to execute a Nautilus script written in Python inside a gnome-terminal window that stays open?

Lets say I want to execute a simple Python script from Nautilus, the default file manager of GNOME: #!/usr/bin/python3 print("Hello") Of course the aim is to interact with selected files in Nautilus, but I want to keep it simple. I save the script…
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why does a file has different names in nautilus and terminal

when I look up in nautilus for a Desktop file it has the filename showed below: Then I open in terminal and search for the same file, I found it has another name showed below: Anybody knows why it is like this? Thanks in advance
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Ubuntu Google Drive Nautilus Auto Backup

My setup: I am using Nautilus (v 3.20.3) to access Google Drive on a machine running Ubuntu 16.10. I have a batch file that takes a daily backup of a specific MySQL database (using Cron). My Aim: What I'm trying to achieve is that these backups…
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python: symbol lookup error: anaconda and cairo

I have compiled graph-tool from source on Ubuntu 16.04 using ./configure CXXFLAGS="-std=gnu++14 -Wno-unused-local-typedefs" PYTHON="/home/pmj27/anaconda2/bin/python2.7" CAIROMM_LIBS="-L/home/pmj27/anaconda2/include/cairomm-1.0/cairomm"…
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Nautilus icon positions

I'm looking for where Nautilus stores the icon positions on a Ubuntu 10.10 system. I would like to back-up this information in case it's lost somehow, and possibly programatically manipulate this information. All information I've found seems to…
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Some Graphics Missed From Deepin

I Have Deepin Linux (Based On Debian) I Install A Package (Cutegram :|) And Then I Delete It From My OS (apt-get remove cutegram) But Then Some Graphical Packages Got Deleted With Cutegram I Dont Know Where Else I Can See Damage Of It But My File…
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Shell Scripting | Bash Programming | Custom right click in nautilus

I am trying to make a custom right click command for nautilus. I managed to find a useful content here. What I don't understand is what does these two lines essentially mean ? IFS_BAK=$IFS IFS=" " And these are present at the bottom too. What do…
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Accels file for Nautilus on Fedora 23

I just recently installed Fedora 23 on my machine, and still have my f20 install on my machine. When trying to 'fix' Nautilus so that backspace goes back, I noticed that there is no longer an accels file under ~/.config/nautilus/ so I tried adding…
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Show GNOME "Open with" dialog

Is there a way to open the "Open with" dialog programmatically for a given file? I mean the dialog that you get when you right-click a file in Nautilus and select "Open with". I'm preferably looking for a simple shell command to use, but an API or a…
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Nautilus file explorer and GtkIconView

In order to learn GTK programming, I am building a simple GTK application that reads files in a directory and displays them as icons. I am trying to build something like the Nautilus icon view file explorer. I know the right pane uses GTK IconView…
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Python folder creation requires sudo to view in Nautilus

When I run os.mkdir(), I can see the folder using ls, but cannot view it with regular nautilus (GNOME file manager, I'm running Ubuntu). In Edit->Preferences, I checked Show hidden and backup files, which didn't help. However, I discovered that I…
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Changing filename color with Nautilus extension

Is there a way to change filename's color displayed in Nautilus? If not with Nautilus extensions then using some other framework? I photoshoped a screenshot to show what I mean:
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Getting file-size property from Nautilus

I am hacking on Evince and trying to add a feature that shows the size of the file in the file-property page. But I am unable to get the file-size value from Nautilus file info. Does anybody how to get size-info of a file from Nautilus? I can get…
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