====== nautilus-follow-symlink ======
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===== 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
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:
$ 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
=== Build DEB package ===
$ 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
=== Build RPM package ===
$ rpmbuild -tb nautilus-follow-symlink-1.2.1.tar.gz
===== 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
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