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# nautilus-follow-symlink / caja-follow-symlink |
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[debian-repository]: https://packages.outlyer.net/ |
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_nautilus-follow-symlink_ is a nautilus (GNOME Desktop) extension. |
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_caja-follow-symlink_ is a caja (MATE Desktop) extension. |
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They adds a menu entry on symbolic links to directories which open the pointed directory (the real path). |
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They do so both when right clicking on the folder icon or on the contents of an opened symbolic link. |
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![Visualisation](https://p.outlyer.net/_media/nautilus-follow-symlink/screenshots-montage.png) |
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Homepage: https://p.outlyer.net/nautilus-follow-symlink |
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## Installation |
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I provide both `deb` and `rpm` packages to download and install manually, e.g.: |
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```shell |
dpkg -i nautilus-follow-symlink_1.2.0-pon.1_amd64.deb |
``` |
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For deb-based distributions you may add my [repository][debian-repository] to your sources: |
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```shell |
echo 'deb http://packages.outlyer.net/debian stable main contrib' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages.outlyer.net.list |
sudo wget http://packages.outlyer.net/public_key.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.outlyer.net.gpg |
sudo apt update |
``` |
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## Building from source |
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Download the tarball and follow the traditional `configure` + `make` workflow, e.g.: |
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```shell |
tar xvf nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.0.tar.gz |
cd nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.0 |
./configure |
make |
sudo make install |
``` |
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## Building from the git repository |
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Building from the raw source in the repository requires the GNU `auto*` set of tools. |
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```shell |
git clone https://git.outlyer.net/outlyer/nautilus-follow-symlink/ |
cd nautilus-follow-symlink/nautilus |
./bootstrap.sh |
./configure |
make |
sudo make install |
``` |