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Operating Systems Linux nautilus set as default filemanager howto Post 302555318 by cokedude on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 11:50:39 AM
Old 09-14-2011
nautilus set as default filemanager howto

A quick howto on how to set nautilus as your default filemanager.

Add this line to the file below. This is for user settings

Code:
inode/directory=nautilus.desktop

Code:
vi ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

This is for global settings.

Code:
ls /usr/share/applications | grep nautilus

Check the inode/directory line for nautilus.desktop. If its not there add it.
Format for this file
Code:
inode/directory=nautilus.desktop;

Code:
vi /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache

Format for this file
Code:
inode/directory=nautilus.desktop

Code:
vi /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

I know this is ubuntu but its still helpful.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager
 

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nautilus-actions-print(1)				      General Commands Manual					 nautilus-actions-print(1)

NAME
nautilus-actions-print - Print a menu or an action to stdout. SYNOPSIS
nautilus-actions-print [OPTION] OPTIONS
Help Options -?, --help Show help options -?, --help-all Show all help options -?, --help-misc Miscellaneous options Miscellaneous Options -?, --version Output the version number Application Options -i, --id=ID The identifiant ID of the menu or the action to be printed -f, --format=FORMAT An export FORMAT [Desktop1] BUGS
Please report bugs in nautilus-actions to <submit@bugs.debian.org>. The current bug list may be viewed at <http://bugs.debian.org/nautilus- actions>. AUTHOR
nautilus-actions was written by Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@novell.com>, Frederic Ruaudel <grumz@grumz.net>, Pierre Wieser <pwieser@trych- los.org>, and contributors. This manual page was written by Alice Ferrazzi <aliceinwire@gnumerica.org> and Jean Schurger <jean@schurger.org>, inspired by Christine Spang <christine@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). LICENSING
Both the nautilus-actions source code and this man page are licensed under the GNU General Public License. SEE ALSO
nautilus(1),nautilus-actions(1),nautilus-actions-schemas(1), nautilus-actions-new(1), nautilus-actions-run(1) Debian GNU/Linux 2011-05-11 nautilus-actions-print(1)
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