The best extensions for Nautilus

Clearly Nautilus has quite a few features very good that they keep it from being a simple file manager, in case you don't know it or you hadn't realized it and you are asking yourself the question of what Nautilus is, well, this is the manager you use every time you open a folder.

This speaking if you use the main version of Ubuntu and not any other of its flavors, as Nautilus is the file manager that you find in the Gnome desktop environment.

One of the benefits that Nautilus has is its ability to extend its functions making use of extra plugins. With them we can improve the efficiency of our file manager with specific functions.

Extensions for Nautilus

In this section we will take the opportunity to learn about some of the best extensions out there for Nautilus and that we can find directly in the official Ubuntu repositories.

nautilus actions

This extension allows us to choose from the contextual menu that opens when secondary click inside Nautilus, with which application we want to open the selected file.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-actions

nautilus dropbox

With it we integrate basic administration options from our dropbox to Nautilus.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-dropbox

nautilus emblems

It allows us to place emblems on files or folders.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-emblems

Nautilus extension brazier

Integrate various Brasero options to the contextual menu

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-extension-brasero

Nautilus filename repairer

We can find that Nautilus has substituted a ñ or an accented letter for a symbol with a?. This happens because the name is incorrectly encoded and this is where the extension comes into use.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-filename-repairer

Nautilus gtkhash

With this extension we can check the verification sums of files downloaded from the internet that give us a sum and we can verify that it will be the same that we obtain when we have a complete download of the file.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-gtkhash 

nautilus hide

The extension allows us to hide files without the need for them to be renamed

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-hide

nautilus image converter

With this we have the possibility to resize or rotate images either individually or several images at the same time. Thanks to imagemagik, an application that we will talk about later.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-image-converter 

Nautilus image manipulator

With this extension we can resize and send images

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-image-manipulator

nautilus owncloud

This extension integrates owncloud options in Nautilus

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-owncloud

Nautilus script audio convert

Integrate a script which helps us to convert audio files

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-script-audio-convert

Nautilus sentto

It allows us to send documents as email through an email manager or social networks through pidgin

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-sendto

nautilus share

To use this extension it is necessary to have samba installed, since it allows us to share folders through the samba protocols.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-share

nautilus wipe

With this extension we carry out the safe deletion of files without them going to the trash.

Installation:

sudo apt install nautilus-wipe

After having installed your preferred extension it is necessary to restart Nautilus for the effects to take change in the file manager and thus start using the new feature that we implemented.

Finally, if what you want is to delete an extension that it was not what you expected or for what you want only you must execute the following command where "extension" you will replace it with the one you installed and it should not have the quotes.

sudo apt-get remove “extensión” --auto-remove

Although there are other extensions that you can find on the net, I only base myself on those that we find directly in the Ubuntu repositories and that we do not have the need to add third-party repositories.

This is because they usually abandon support.

Without more, if you know of any other extension that is worth mentioning or a complement for the Nautilus file manager, do not hesitate to share it in the comments with us.