How do I rename Nautilus name in the GNOME Shell launcher in Ubuntu 21.10? I tried to find the desktop file in /usr/share/applications, but I can't find it anywhere for Nautilus.
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3Does this answer your question? how to rename applications in "show apps", such as "GNU Image Manipulation Program" to "GIMP" 20.04.2? – nobody Mar 04 '22 at 09:47
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Thank You, But the question is already answered :) – Rishon_JR Mar 04 '22 at 09:50
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Follow these steps:
Copy the Nautilus .desktop file in your home directory (replace
<username>with your current username). Using the terminal, run the command:cp /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop /home/<username>/.local/share/applications/You can edit the file directly in
/usr/share/applicationsusing root privileges, but it's better if you copy the .desktop file in your home: the copied file will have "priority" over the one in/usr/share/applicationsand will not be overwritten during Nautilus updates.Then open the file
/home/<username>/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Nautilus.desktopend edit theNamefield.If you are in a Xorg session, press Alt+F2, write
rin the box and press Enter. If your session is Wayland, logout and login (or, if you don't care, reboot).
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Do i get informed or prompted during an
apt-get upgradeif the originalorg.gnome.Nautilus.desktophas changed? e.g. when the upgradedNameproperty matches my local config, the local config is still valid but redundant... – goulashsoup Jun 28 '22 at 06:39 -
No, unfortunately you need to check it manually. You can write a script that check it for you, but it's overkill. – Lorenz Keel Jun 29 '22 at 09:49
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