In previous Ubuntu versions there was a Nemo version without cinnamon dependencies but the PPA does not (yet?) include a version for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.
Is there another way to install the (latest version of) Nemo in Ubuntu 18.04 without cinnamon dependencies?
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Doug provided a PPA for install the Nemo in Ubuntu 18.04 (only) without cinnamon dependencies (see his comment).
For newer Ubuntu versions: A unity session using Nemo in 20.04 can be set up to work reasonably well, especially if you use a modified nemo.desktop in the launcher (see Doug's comment).
He recommends to purge the installed nemo files before installing the new version. I did the following:
sudo apt purge cinnamon-desktop-data cinnamon-l10n gist hddtemp hwdata inxi libcinnamon-desktop4 libnemo-extension1 libxapp1 mesa-utils nemo nemo-data nemo-fileroller ruby-json xapps-common
Then added the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/bionic-noprop
sudo apt-get update
Then install Nemo:
sudo apt-get install nemo nemo-fileroller
To make Nemo the default file manager:
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
To handle the desktop just disable nautilus:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
Reboot or log out
Thank you, Doug, for this great option.
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1As that was orig. just a ppa to insure I had working patched nemo for myself just decided today to change to "Label" (displayed name, not actual ppa name). If any issue with package manager or apt left simple instructions at bottom of description on main ppa page. Should only take a min. to do one time 'fix' https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/bionic-noprop Also added a mediainfo-tab plugin & fixed the media-columns plugin. – doug Jun 02 '18 at 22:02
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Comment from user x7i7l: For some reason, on KDE Neon, Doug's repository doesn't help me. I've followed all the instructions but no matter what I do it still pulls in Cinnamon dependencies. I checked and Muon package manager is pulling in Doug's version. @doug Do you have an answer? – Filbuntu Nov 18 '18 at 13:13
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apt-show nemocheck the deps & recommends, see if any of those are causing this in muon – doug Nov 18 '18 at 15:23 -
@x7i7l You probably figured it out, it is
apt show nemo(not apt-show). – Filbuntu Nov 19 '18 at 00:15 -
@doug Is there a possibility to update Nemo in your PPA to a newer version? I think version 4.0.6 is already out. Cheers! – Filbuntu Jan 09 '19 at 04:43
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@ Filbuntu, no, that would require redoing most of the patches and switching to a meson build. Not worth it.. – doug Jan 09 '19 at 23:38
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@doug Thank you for the response. It is a pity it is a lot of work. Nemo often crashes, especially when viewing folders with pictures in the icon view. – Filbuntu Jan 11 '19 at 02:39
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1No, those patches will only work in 18.04. That being said a unity session using nemo in 20.04 can be set up to work reasonably well, especially if you use a modified nemo.desktop in the launcher. – doug Oct 27 '20 at 03:28
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I had the same problem, and the only (temporary) solution is to use the artful packages which should work (they're working for me) since Ubuntu 17.10 uses Gnome Shell anyway.
Just change /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-nemo3-bionic.list to read deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/nemo3/ubuntu artful main
You can also use the GUI by opening "Software & Updates" and editing the repo there, by changing bionic to artful.
Eventually, a Bionic repo will be available and then we can change the source again.
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I don't experience any of those problems, it's as stable as it's always been. Make sure you don't have all configurations stored from previous Ubuntu versions – Felipe May 17 '18 at 22:55
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Unfortunately Nemo crashes now & then (twice a day), especially when looking at the icons in a folder with mainly pictures. – Filbuntu May 19 '18 at 05:50
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Moilleadóir you are right. Sudo apt install nemo would install the standard repo version (along with Cinnamon desktop).
To install nemo=3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01 you need libgnome-desktop-3.so.12. In Bionic default is libgnome-desktop-3.so.17. Without this package (libgnome-desktop-3.so.12) nemo (3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01) won’t start.
I found workaround (but you do it on your own risks):
First off all you need to add nemo artful packages (Felipe presnts how to do it)
Secend step: you need to manual install libgnome-desktop-3.so.12
You can found it here: https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/amd64/libgnome-desktop-3-12/download
sudo dpkg -i libgnome-desktop-3-12_3.26.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Next step:
sudo apt-get install nemo-data=3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful0
sudo apt-get install nemo=3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01
sudo apt-get install nemo-fileroller=3.6.0-1~webupd8~artful
To avoid actualization to sdandard repo version:
echo "nemo hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "nemo-data hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo "nemo-fileroller hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
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Thank you for this workaround! I really hope there will be an easier way or the PPA will be updated, though, as this workaround sounds a bit risky for me. – Filbuntu May 27 '18 at 07:01
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Since 16.04, I've more or less followed Filibuntu's answer, just with different PPAs along the way. (I never bother replacing the desktop though. Just add the PPA, install, and go.) Even in 18.04 I never ran into the problem of the stock repo version being newer than the PPA.
That's all different now with Focal and it took me forever to figure it out. Some of these suggestions seemed promising but ultimately didn't work. This is what I got working:
## Install Python 3.7 from PPA https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=focal
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get install python3.7
Add recent Nemo PPA from ## https://launchpad.net/~darovic/+archive/ubuntu/nemo?field.series_filter=disco
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:darovic/nemo
Change distro version name from e.g. "focal" to "disco"
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/darovic-ubuntu-nemo-focal.list
sudo apt-get update
Install specific PPA version
sudo apt-get install nemo=4.2.2-darovic0 libnemo-extension1=4.2.2-darovic0 nemo-data=4.2.2-darovic0 python-nemo=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-audio-tab=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-compare=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-emblems=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-filename-repairer=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-fileroller=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-gtkhash=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-image-converter=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-media-columns=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-pastebin=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-preview=4.2.0-darovic0 python-nemo=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-seahorse=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-share=4.2.0-darovic0 nemo-terminal=4.2.0-darovic0 xreader=2.2.3-darovic0
This should be adaptable to future versions of *buntu and Darovic's Nemo build, within reason.
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[This was a comment but it was too long!]
I have doubts about this working as it used to. The versions of Nemo in the webupd8team repo and the standard Universe repo are the same, but the Universe repo (version 3.6.5-1) is marked ‘bionic’ whereas the webupd8team one (version 3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01) is marked ‘artful’. My guess is that sudo apt install nemo would install the standard repo version (along with Cinnamon desktop).
You could use Package | Force Version… in Synaptic to force the webupd8team version. I’m not sure if sudo apt install nemo=3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01 would work or not as apt-cache policy nemo doesn’t list it as a candidate (i.e. it’s the wrong release).
If you run apt-cache policy nemo what version does it show is installed?
EDIT: I decided to gradually create a new 18.04 install in a VM, rather than upgrading 16.04 in August, so I’ve just got back to looking at this. The Nemo version in the standard repos does not install the Cinnamon desktop (unlike Caja which does look like it installs Mate). In my (limited) testing so far it seems to run fine.
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You are right, it was the Universe repo version "3.6.5-1" that was installed with this solution and not the 3.6.5-1~webupd8~artful01 and the Cinnamon desktop was installed as well. – Filbuntu May 31 '18 at 13:48
12_unity_launcher_support.patchwhen building nemo. Using that patch creates the poor behavior regarding the default xdg folders from the laucher quicklists that's also seen in nautilus. So I've no intention of enabling that patch as that behavior is more important to me than a minimized external volume behavior (if in fact that patch would solve... – doug Jun 23 '18 at 20:27As for quicklist and default XDG folders, I use custom folders and Nemo fails with those (unless my changing the desktopfiles caused that.
– sup Jun 24 '18 at 00:00