How do you add "open in terminal" to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories?

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I would like to add it to the default menu (mouse right-click)

Like I want to right click on a folder and open it in the terminal. I don't want to have to find the directory in the terminal.

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Thanks for the answer Manish Sinha, but I am not able to follow the steps. Kindly help me at the following stage so that I can proceed. I am not getting interface under gnome. — Ram, Aug 19 '14 at 07:48

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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You first need to install the package nautilus-open-terminal from Software Center or Synaptic Package Manager

Installing Nautilus Open Terminal package

Then goto command line and type

nautilus -q

Then open nautilus and you can find "Open in Terminal"

Terminal Open from Nautilus

If you want to assign a keyboard shortcut to this action, please consult the following Q&A:

Keyboard shortcut for "open a terminal here"

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Mar 30 '12 at 22:26

Manish Sinha

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what about in ubuntu 10.04, there is no Unity – Alex Mar 30 '12 at 22:33
@Alex Press Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor. I have updated the answer. – Manish Sinha Mar 30 '12 at 22:36
Good answer. Consider using a browser script to easily add those apt links.. :) – jokerdino Mar 30 '12 at 23:31
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Why do we need to check the can_change_accels option? Would you please explain a bit more – manuzhang Apr 06 '12 at 00:01
@manuzhang I am not very sure, but it did show up. Maybe a setting – Manish Sinha Apr 06 '12 at 08:52
@ManishSinha What if not? – manuzhang Apr 06 '12 at 11:54
@manuzhang I got it working that way – Manish Sinha Apr 06 '12 at 13:30
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@ManishSinha It works for me without checking that option – manuzhang Apr 06 '12 at 14:05
@manuzhang I will try it out myself. – Manish Sinha Apr 06 '12 at 14:55
That's a really cool feature. Any idea how to do that in KDE? (kubuntu). I was able to get it to work on a folder by adding konsole --workdir %u to Open With in a folder's properties. That didn't work on a text file. – Joe Apr 06 '12 at 23:17
@Joe Maybe you should ask a new question. – Manish Sinha Apr 07 '12 at 08:05
@manuzhang can_change_accels is described as "Whether the user can dynamically type a new accelerator when positioned over an active menuitem." which may sound a little cryptic.. but basically means you can add stuff to the contextual menu .. – marc-andre benoit Oct 04 '12 at 01:53
@marc-andrebenoit any references would be helpful – manuzhang Oct 04 '12 at 03:34
@manuzhang well what i quoted was actually the long description in the gconf editor... an accelerator is any key or key combination or a mouse click so what this setting says is that you can for example .. right click to have a context menu doing so then positions you over an active menuitem (the contextual menu) and it enables you to then left click ( which is a new accelerator compared to the right click you just did.. ) to finish your task of opening up a new context menu element.. from what i understand.. it is what it means.. but i may be wrong.. hence me just posting in comments.. :) – marc-andre benoit Oct 04 '12 at 05:13
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I'm kind of surprised that this isn't built in... – Brandon Bertelsen Dec 08 '13 at 23:08
If nautilus doesn't automatically restart, and things are hidden on your desktop, I recommend running "nohup nautilus &" to get everything back. – Trevor Hickey Feb 04 '15 at 01:11

How do you add "open in terminal" to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories?

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