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 +====== nautilus-follow-symlink ======
  
 +[[.:|Projects index]]
 +
 +===== Details =====
 +
 +  * Current version: 1.2.1, released on April 19th 2024
 +  * Compatibility: Nautilus, Caja
 +  * Released under the [[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html|GNU LGPL]]
 +  * Translations available: English, Spanish, Catalan
 +  * New releases announced on [[blog>etiq/projects/nautilus-follow-symlink/|my site]]\\ \\ {{:nautilus-follow-symlink:popup-sample.png?direct&230 |Example pop-up menu}}{{:nautilus-follow-symlink:screenshots-montage.png?direct&600 |Example montage of usage}}
 +
 +
 +===== Description =====
 +
 +//nautilus-follow-symlink// is a [[https://apps.gnome.org/Nautilus/|nautilus]] extension.
 +
 +//caja-follow-symlink// is a [[https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja|caja]] extension.
 +
 +They add a menu entry on symbolic links to directories which open the pointed directory (the real path).
 +
 +They do so both when right clicking on the folder icon or on the contents of an opened symbolic link.
 +
 +===== Downloads =====
 +
 +==== Binaries ====
 +
 +  * [[deb>nautilus-follow-symlink/files/nautilus-follow-symlink_1.2.1-pon.1_amd64.deb|nautilus-follow-symlink_1.2.1-pon.1_amd64.deb]] built for for Debian Stable amd64
 +  * [[deb>nautilus-follow-symlink/files/caja-follow-symlink_1.2.1-pon.1_amd64.deb|caja-follow-symlink_1.2.1-pon.1_amd64.deb]] built for Debian Stable amd64
 +<HTML>
 +    <!-- * [[rpm>nautilus-follow-symlink/files/nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.0-1.fc17.i386.rpm|nautilus-follow-symlink for Fedora 17 i686]] -->
 +</HTML>
 +
 +Additionally the sources include means to produce easily deb, and rpm packages for other OS/architecture combinations.
 +
 +==== Source ====
 +
 +  * Nautilus variant: [[p>/nautilus-follow-symlink/files/nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz|nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz]]
 +  * Caja variant: [[p>/nautilus-follow-symlink/files/nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz|caja-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz]]
 +
 +=== Generic build instructions ===
 +
 +Compile in the standard GNU fashion:
 +
 +<code>
 +$ tar zxvf nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz
 +$ cd nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1
 +$ ./configure --prefix=/usr # Note the prefix should be the same as nautilus for the translations to work
 +                            # (or e.g. $ ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable prefix libnautilus-extension`)
 +$ make
 +$ sudo make install
 +</code>
 +
 +=== Build DEB package ===
 +
 +<code>
 +$ tar zxvf nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz
 +$ cd nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1
 +$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b 
 +  (or)
 +$ debuild -us -uc -b
 +</code>
 +
 +=== Build RPM package ===
 +
 +<code>$ rpmbuild -tb nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz</code>
 +
 +===== Older versions of GNOME =====
 +
 +Versions of GNOME 2.20 and below should use 1.0.2, which is the last release supporting them.\\
 +Look in [[p>/nautilus-follow-symlink/files/|files/]] for the appropriate files. Building older versions is a bit harder, refer to the ''BUILD'' file included in the tarball.
 +
 +===== Known Issues =====
 +
 +None so far for the current version.\\
 +See also the [[bts>nautilus-follow-symlink|bug tracker]]
 +
 +===== Contribute =====
 +
 +If you have a contribution (new ideas, fixes, translations...) to make, please contact me.
 +
 +===== Changes =====
 +
 +This is a selection of changes since the last full version.\\
 +Additionally the [[nautilus-follow-symlink:docs:changelog|selected changes for all versions]] and the [[p>/nautilus-follow-symlink/files/ChangeLog|full changelog]] are available.
 +
 +==== 1.2.1 (April, 19th 2024) ====
 +
 +  * Updated to build with newer gcc
 +
 +==== 1.2.0 (August, 18th 2012) ====
 +
 +  * Support for GNOME 3
 +  * Support to compile against Caja instead of Nautilus
 +  * Bugfix: Correctly escape paths
 +
 +==== 1.2.0-pre.1 (April, 4th 2011) ====
 +
 +  * Preliminary support for GNOME 3
 +
 +----
 +
 +<html><address style="font-size:small;text-align:right;font-style:italic"></html>© 2006-2024 Toni Corvera <outlyer at gmail.com><html></address></html>
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