Is it possible to add Meld in the contextual menu to easily compare 2 files ? On Windows, I can do that with Beyond Compare, would it be possible to do the same in Nautilus ?
Thank you
3 Answers
https://launchpad.net/nautilus-compare/
nautilus-compare is an extension for naulitus that uses meld for diff comparisons.
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2For Debian users:
nautilus-comparewas removed from the repositories because it's based on python2. A new release based on python3 is available but misses someone to package it for Debian.roneo.org– roneo.org2022-02-08 04:02:27 +00:00Commented Feb 8, 2022 at 4:02 -
2it's incredibly easy to manually install for someone who wants it... one could use the Arch AUR package for reference; aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=nautilus-compare ... it's literally moving a handful of files into their correct pathsjrdnjhntsn– jrdnjhntsn2022-02-08 14:24:40 +00:00Commented Feb 8, 2022 at 14:24
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sudo apt install nemo-comparereplacesnautilus-compareon Ubuntu 21.04 and later (including Mint)hobs– hobs2024-12-27 20:41:04 +00:00Commented Dec 27, 2024 at 20:41 -
There are installation packages available for the latest versions of Debian and Ubuntu since May 2025 and you can find test packages for previous Ubuntu releases from the PPA.ramtam– ramtam2025-05-06 10:04:51 +00:00Commented May 6 at 10:04
https://github.com/weshouman/nautilus-meld-compare-extension
This works on modern Nautilus (tested on current v46).
The deb package from 1 used to work with previous versions of nautilus on Debian:
Now for Gnome 43 and above, it is necessary to replace the line
def get_file_items(self, window, files):
with
def get_file_items(self, files):
in file nautilus-compare.py, for this extremely useful nautilus extension to work.
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It doesn't work on my Debian 11 and Cinnamon 4.8.6Frederic– Frederic2022-10-30 02:07:45 +00:00Commented Oct 30, 2022 at 2:07