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how to remove nautilus and use nemo

Asked by SoloTurn

i installed nemo as it is able to display the folder in the title bar. when i try to remove nautilus it wants to remove libreoffice-writer with it. is there something wrong here, ubuntu 14.10:

$ sudo wajig purge nautilus
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  activity-log-manager* apturl* apturl-common* gnome-mines* libreoffice-writer* libwhoopsie-preferences0* nautilus* nautilus-sendto*
  nautilus-share* ubuntu-desktop* whoopsie-preferences*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 11 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Just set nautilus as the default file browser and leave nautilus installed. Nautilus isn't just a file browser, it also draws the wallpaper and the desktop icons

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SoloTurn (soloturn) said : 		#2

and i noticed clicking on mp4 in nemo does not start the video player correctly

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then that's an issue with nemo. I suggest you report a bug

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SoloTurn (soloturn) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.