Home / ubuntu / Questions / 260244
Accepted
BAD_SEED
Asked: 2013-02-24 07:06:40 +0800 CST

Make nemo the default file browser

  • 772

I installed Ubuntu 12.10, then installed Nemo. Now I would like to make Nemo the default file manager. I've searched the web for a solution but every time I restart my computer Nautilus come back.

Does anyone know an effective solution?

filemanager

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There is a much better way to do this without moving files and setting links. Just open a terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and perform this command:

    xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

    Then set up Nemo to handle your desktop:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true

    Revert this changes:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false
xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
    • 52

  2. Open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and then paste this: 

     sudo mv /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/nautilus.back && sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nautilus

    then try again, hope that helps.

    Note that this will effectively make Nautilus inaccessible on your system unless you modify shortcuts to point to nautilus.back.

    • 24

  3. Here's what worked for me on 18.04 (source here):

    If you have Nemo installed on your system and want to set Nemo as the default file manager, run this command in a terminal:

    xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

    To revert this, enter

    xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

    Nemo (the nemo.desktop app launcher to be exact) should now be the default file manager. To test the result, run this command:

    xdg-open $HOME

    That command should launch Nemo showing your home directory.

    • 0