nautilus-kdeconnect

Nautilus extension for sending files to devices connected via KDE Connect.

KDE Connect is a service that connects your Android device with your Linux PC via Wi-Fi, enabling many features like shared clipboard, notification syncing, file sharing and media playback control. This extension provides file sharing support in Nautilus via context menu (right-click menu).

Features

• Send any number of files at once. (Directories are also supported and sent as ZIPs).
• Send files to any connected device.

Installation

In addition to KDE Connect, this extension requires nautilus-python and libnotify.

Instructions for Arch Linux

1. On your PC, install kdeconnect-git, kde-cli-tools, python2-nautilus and libnotify.
2. Install the KDE Connect companion app for Android, available on Google Play and F-Droid.
3. Launch KDE Connect on your PC and on your Android device. Pair the two devices and enable the sharing plugin.
4. Clone this repository and install the extension: git clone https://github.com/forabi/nautilus-kdeconnect && make -C nautilus-kdeconnect install.

Instructions for Fedora

1. On your PC, install kdeconnectd, kde-cli-tools, nautilus-python-devel, libnotify and libnotify-devel.
2. Install the KDE Connect companion app for Android, available on Google Play and F-Droid.
3. Launch KDE Connect on your PC and on your Android device. Pair the two devices and enable the sharing plugin.
4. Clone this repository and install the extension: git clone https://github.com/forabi/nautilus-kdeconnect && make -C nautilus-kdeconnect install.

Nemo file manager

nautilus-kdeconnect can also be used with the Nemo file manager:

1. On your PC, install the kdeconnect, python-nemo, libnotify-bin and git packages.
   • If you are using some Debian-based distribution that is not Linux Mint, you won't find the python-nemo package in the software repositories:
     1. Download and install the python-nemo package from the Linux Mint package archive site.
     2. Run sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nemo/extensions-3.0/libnemo-python.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nemo/extensions-3.0/ to create a compatibility symlink to newly installed the extension file.
2. Install the KDE Connect app for Android as mentioned above (Google Play / F-Droid).
3. Launch KDE Connect on your PC and on your Android device. Pair the two devices and enable the sharing plugin.
4. Clone this repository and install the extension with the Nemo target: git clone https://github.com/forabi/nautilus-kdeconnect nemo-kdeconnect && make -C nemo-kdeconnect install TARGET=Nemo.

Caja file manager

nautilus-kdeconnect can also be used with the Caja file manager:

1. On your PC, install the kdeconnect, python-caja, libnotify-bin and git packages.
2. Install the KDE Connect app for Android as mentioned above (Google Play / F-Droid).
3. Launch KDE Connect on your PC and on your Android device. Pair the two devices and enable the sharing plugin.
4. Clone this repository and install the extension with the Caja target: git clone https://github.com/forabi/nautilus-kdeconnect caja-kdeconnect && make -C caja-kdeconnect install TARGET=Caja