Here is how I installed nautilus-compare on 22.04:

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nautilus-compare on 22.04

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 773 / 2 Years ago, sat, may 21, 2022, 8:47:25

This answer for installing nautilus-compare on 20.04 didn't work for 22.04 because it has no release file for jammy.

But it seemed to work if I pointed it to the focal package instead:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boamaod/nautilus-compare

sudo sed -i 's/jammy/focal/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boamaod-ubuntu-nautilus-compare-jammy.list

sudo apt-get install nautilus-compare

Is this the best way to install nautilus-compare on Ubuntu 22.04?

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answered 2 Years ago ionash · Accepted Answer

Here is how I installed nautilus-compare on 22.04:

Install direct from source is possible by doing the following:

Install the nautilus python3 bindings

sudo apt-get install python3-nautilus

Download the latest source

wget https://launchpad.net/~boamaod/+archive/ubuntu/nautilus-compare/+sourcefiles/nautilus-compare/1.0.0~focal1/nautilus-compare_1.0.0~focal1.tar.xz



tar -xvf nautilus-compare_1.0.0~focal1.tar.xz

Install the source files

cd nautilus-compare-1.0.0/src

sudo cp nautilus-compare.py /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/



sudo mkdir /usr/share/nautilus-compare

sudo cp utils.py /usr/share/nautilus-compare

sudo cp nautilus-compare-preferences.py /usr/share/nautilus-compare

Install any missing python3 modules

At this point, if the python source uses any modules you don't have installed, then you will need to install them too, for example using pip. I already had all the modules so didn't need to.

Then restart nautilus and the compare menu should now appear.

nautilus -q && nautilus &