14.04file-rollernemo
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-fileroller through apt-get command on Ubuntu 14.04.
How can I have the right click menu for to "extract/compress"?
After some investigating, it appears that this is controlled by a gconf setting. To set zip as the default compression method, hit Alt+F2 to launch the 'Run Application' window. Type 'gconf-editor' in the box and hit the 'Run' button. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
Once you hit the 'Run' button, a window like the one below will appear. This is the Configuration Editor.
The compression feature of nautilus really uses file-roller. To get to the file-roller settings, start by expanding the 'apps' folder.
Next, find and expand the 'file-roller' folder.
Expand the 'dialogs' folder.
Select the 'batch-add' folder.
You should now see an item with the name of 'default_extension' in the section on the right. You will want to click on the 'Value' field and change whatever was previously there to '.zip'.
Now, if you close the configuration editor and open nautilus, .zip should be the default compression method.
You can try with launching dconf-editor then go to:
org -> gnome -> desktop -> background
and put the tick on show-desktop-icons as explained in the image below:
Best Answer
Very simply, all you should need to do is install the
nemo-filerollerpackage:To apply the changes quit the file-manager with
to then (re-)start it like you normally would.