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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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| 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 |
| ``` |