Wouldn’t it be great to open up Nautlius (equivalent to Windows-Explorer in Ubuntu) and be able to open up your terminal in that specific folder by simply right clicking and choosing an Open in Terminal option? Unfortunately this option isn’t set by default. Luckily there are two ways to install this option.
- Installing through the terminal (easiest)
- Installing through the Synaptic Package Manager
Installing Open in Terminal support to Nautilus in Ubuntu
The easiest method is to install it within the terminal window.
Method 1: Installing Open in Terminal Support through the Terminal
Simply enter this in your terminal.
sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
Enter your password if prompted, and then restart Nautlius. You can do so using the following through the terminal as well.
killall nautlius
Once this is done, you should see this option within Nautilus. See above? I simply opened the current directory within the terminal. Didn’t that save some time?
Method 2: Installing Open in Terminal Support through Synaptic Packet Manager
1. Open the Synaptic Packet Manager
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
2. You can do a quick search for nautilus-open-terminal and mark it for installation by right clicking on the entry.3. Apply the changes, then close Synaptic Package Manager, log off and then back on.
After logging in, you should see the option available when you right click in Nautilus.
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