How to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus' context menu?

Question

I am working on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

I want to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus context or right-click menu but it tries to download 32bit version from Internet.

I really don't understand the question. Could you reformulate and explain it differently? — Hanynowsky, Oct 28 '12 at 02:34
It's actually a feature that plugs into nautilus, so ordinary Ubuntu works, as well as many others that use nautilus. — tudor -Reinstate Monica-, May 08 '13 at 02:10
The solution in some of the answers is to install a package. There is no longer a need to install a package because this feature seems to be already present in 16.04. — H2ONaCl, Dec 07 '16 at 22:59

score 357 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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You have to install the nautilus-open-terminal package from the universe repositories for Ubuntu versions up to Ubuntu 15.04:

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

If you want to install it with apturl, use this URL: apt://nautilus-open-terminal

Then:

nautilus -q

In order to restart Nautilus

Result

In Ubuntu 15.10, the functionality is already included in nautilus!

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Oct 28 '12 at 02:52

air-dex

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I notice that in 13.04 raring ringtail it has disappeared from the "Files" menu and is now only available in the right-click menu. :-( – tudor -Reinstate Monica- May 08 '13 at 02:09
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Any idea on how to make it use the normal terminal settings? The terminal it opened didn't have the normal colors and settings. – snapfractalpop Dec 03 '13 at 18:06
@snapfractalpop Do you verify that the terminal it opens is the one you expected? There is not one terminal program only on an Ubuntu install (at least gnome-terminal and xterm). – air-dex Dec 04 '13 at 01:57
@air-dex It seems to open xterm with the command /usr/bin/xterm -e /bin/sh -c cd '/whatever/folder' && exec $SHELL basically changing directories upon startup of the terminal session. I don't know how to modify this behavior to use xfce4-terminal (which is what I've been using). – snapfractalpop Dec 05 '13 at 00:54
@Jobin Nope. The package is still available for 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr": http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/nautilus-open-terminal – air-dex Apr 23 '14 at 07:30
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Works for 14.04 too. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen May 01 '14 at 07:26
Of course, the one thing I actually want to use this for, opening a samba share in the terminal, doesn't work here. The "open in terminal" is missing. Feels like Louie CK trying to fix his daughter's doll – Nuzzolilo Jan 01 '16 at 20:34
I'm in 16.04, and while the menu entry is present, it is about as utterly broken and badly-designed as it could possibly be. Firstly, it's only on a context menu, so there is no keyboard shortcut, not even alt-navigating the pulldowns. Secondly, when I select it, it opens gnome-terminal in my $HOME, not in the selected directory. – Jonathan Hartley Sep 03 '16 at 19:28
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In 16.04 there is no nautilus-open-terminal package. Use nautilus-actions instead. – nachtigall Sep 10 '16 at 04:32
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Any Ideas on how make it works in 18.04 ? Because none works – Ced Apr 02 '19 at 12:06
See https://askubuntu.com/a/1206655/113640 for 2020 answer. – pagliuca Feb 10 '21 at 10:52

Avinash Raj · Answer 2 · 2014-04-19T05:50:08.927

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nautilus-open-terminal and nautilus-actions packages are available in Universe repository of Ubuntu 14.04. So run the below commands to enable universe repository and also to install above mentioned packages.

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions

Finally run nautilus -q command to quit nautilus.Now you can be able to see Open in terminal option on right-clicking.

edited Apr 19 '14 at 05:50

answered Apr 19 '14 at 04:39

Avinash Raj

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Hadn't had a chance to try it on 14.04 yet. But I just did and it worked. :) Thanks again! – Benjamin Oakes Apr 21 '14 at 01:39
Is the universe repository enabled per default? I did not have add it manually. – king_julien Jun 23 '14 at 05:41
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it isn't enabled by default. You have to add it manually. – Avinash Raj Jun 23 '14 at 05:48
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+1 for "sudo add-apt-repository universe" which I was looking for :) – Kozuch Aug 12 '14 at 13:45
For Ubuntu 20 just install nautilus-actions. – bomben Aug 10 '21 at 06:24

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '13 at 14:11

Here is my script to open terminal in the current directory,

I built my own after the open-terminal plugin stopped working for me

#!/bin/bash
##################################
# A nautilus script to open gnome-terminal in the current directory
# place in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
##################################
#                                       Remove file:// from CURRENT_URI
gnome-terminal --working-directory=`echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" | cut -c 8-`

PS: Here is some bonus info

Assigning a shortcut to the script

Add executable script to ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
Wait some time - nautilus regenerates accels file
Edit file ~/.gnome2/accels/nautilus
Find line similar to this one:

; (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ScriptsGroup/script_file:\\s\\s\\shome\\sgautam\\s.gnome2\\snautilus-scripts\\sopen-terminal" "")

Remove comment (semicolon) and specify shortcut like this:

(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ScriptsGroup/script_file:\\s\\s\\shome\\sgautam\\s.gnome2\\snautilus-scripts\\sopen-terminal" "<Primary><Shift>t")

Save file.
Logout - login.

Not sure, I am using it on plain ubuntu 12.04 x64, give it a shot . — Gautam, Feb 03 '13 at 14:42
In 14.04, Gnome 13.12, the script works, but the shortcut assignment method does not. — Rasmus, Jun 17 '14 at 11:08

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 29 '20 at 17:33

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Just use:

sudo apt-get install nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal

and Logout/Login or reboot.

answered Jan 29 '20 at 17:33

Asadullah Al Galib

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Thanks! Do not need to reboot or logout, just run nautilus -q in terminal will be OK. – walknotes Dec 03 '22 at 02:14

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 16:25

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I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop edition today 07-18-2014, and all I had to do to get the command line option in Nautilus was the following in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
nautilus -q

answered Jul 18 '14 at 16:25

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sorry ,how it is different from accepted answer? – Ravan Oct 06 '15 at 01:41
IIRC a lot of different solutions were posted, some speaking of different ubuntu versions requiring different methods -- so I posted my experience on my version at the time. – bazz Oct 07 '15 at 03:28
I appreciate you-don't mind-this post came on review,that is the only reason I posted the comment – Ravan Oct 07 '15 at 03:32

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 02 '19 at 12:15

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If you are using Ubuntu 18.04 or newer:

sudo apt install nautilus-admin

answered Apr 02 '19 at 12:15

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This is not an addon to open a terminal in the current directory, but to open a nautilus window with root permissions or edit a file with root permissions. The accepted answer is still valid for 18.04. You may want to delete your answer. – vanadium Apr 02 '19 at 14:14
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@vanadium The accepted answer does not work for me. This one does as it also add 'open in terminal' when right clicking on folder. – doom Sep 10 '19 at 09:25
It might work for you as a workaround, but does not provide a correct answer on the question how to add an open in terminal right-click item. What this answer does is open a dangerous terminal with root permissions. Therefore, I do not consider this a good answer for general use. – vanadium Sep 10 '19 at 10:19
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Actually, the right-click menu action now is provided by the package nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal, which in Ubuntu is installed by default – vanadium Sep 10 '19 at 10:24

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 29 '17 at 22:39

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You'll need to install nautilus-admin (make sure to install the additional files) to have the right click option and others as well, since nautilus-open-terminal is no longer maintained.

edited Jun 29 '17 at 22:39

MiJyn

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answered Jun 29 '17 at 05:27

mastertwitchy

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 22:24

I used @Gautam's solution until I found it will not work (I mean a script itself) if path contains non-ascii characters because it's URL encoded.

Here is my little fix which is working at least for me. So, the script should look like this:

#!/usr/bin/gnome-terminal

According to gnome-terminal docs, when you execute this:

cd path/to/dir
gnome-terminal

gnome-terminal will use path/to/dir as working directory, which explains why that script works.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 09 '19 at 19:59

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Find the .bashrc file in Home.
Open it with any text editor.
Add a line at the end: cd $PWD
Save it.
Close all instances of Nautilus
Now, when you open Nautilus you will get to see the "Open in terminal" option in the right-click menu and it loads the current directory path when clicked.

answered Jul 09 '19 at 19:59

Mayukh Datta

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This doesn't work. – Jay Marm Feb 02 '20 at 21:12

Jay Marm · Answer 10 · 2020-02-02T22:22:50.167

For recent versions of Ubuntu (eg. 18)... create/save this script in:

~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/

Note: you need to also chg the permission of this new file to allow execution

It will add a Scripts right click context menu item (with the name given e.g. 'open-in-terminal.sh') for any file or directory you click in nautilus.

#!/bin/bash
#
# When a directory is selected, go there. Otherwise go to current
# directory. If more than one directory is selected, show error.
if [ -n "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" ]; then
    set $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS
    if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
        destination="$1"
        # Go to file's directory if it's a file
        if [ ! -d "$destination" ]; then
            destination="`dirname "$destination"`"
        fi
    else
        zenity --error --title="ERROR! Open terminal here" \
            --text="Plz only select one directory."
        exit 1
    fi
else
    destination="`echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" | sed 's/^file:\/\///'`"
fi

# It's only possible to go to local directories
if [ -n "`echo "$destination" | grep '^[a-zA-Z0-9]\+:'`" ]; then
    zenity --error --title="ERROR! Open terminal here" \
        --text="Sorry, only local directories can be used."
    exit 1
fi

gnome-terminal --working-directory="$destination"

Based on this source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NautilusScriptsHowto/SampleScripts#Open_terminal_here

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Oct 07 '15 at 07:35

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Do

sudo apt-get update

and try again.

Or

cd /tmp  
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nautilus-open-terminal/nautilus-open-terminal_0.20-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i nautilus*deb
sudo apt-get install -f

edited Oct 07 '15 at 07:35

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score -2 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 23:53

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This link provides the best working solution for adding the feature "Open terminal here" as context command menu for a folder.

http://www.n00bsonubuntu.net/content/add-open-terminal-here-to-file-menu-ubuntu-14-04/

answered Apr 14 '15 at 23:53

JamesNW

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Link only answers are frowned on here. Please review http://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer – Elder Geek Apr 15 '15 at 00:23
Put essential parts of link into your answer , not just link – Faizan Akram Dar Apr 15 '15 at 02:02

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