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Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Fedora v31

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//227 packages installed ~400mb

sudo dnf -y group install "Cinnamon Desktop"

reboot

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src - https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-cinnamon-desktop-environment-fedora/


Remove Cinnamon Desktop

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//src - https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/520240

//avoid file conflicts
sudo dnf swap @cinnamon-desktop @gnome-desktop

//uninstall
sudo dnf -y group remove "Cinnamon Desktop"

Install only Nemo File Manager w/o Cinnamon Desktop

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sudo dnf install nemo

//then search for application (gnome shell extension)
Toggle nemo

use Super+E to get a nemo window

//or use menulibre or alacarte
//https://louischristopher.me/setting-nemo-as-the-default-file-manager-in-fedora-23
//https://pkgs.org/download/menulibre

install nemo file roller (archive manager)

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sudo dnf install nemo-fileroller

add ‘extract here’ option to file context menu (when you right click a compressed file) -goto /usr/share/nemo/actions -create a new file, name it extracthere.nemo_action -paste the following :

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// https://askubuntu.com/a/578280

[Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Extract here
Comment=Extract here
Exec=file-roller -h %F
Icon-Name=gnome-mime-application-x-compress
 #Stock-Id=gtk-cdrom
Selection=Any
Extensions=zip;7z;ar;cbz;cpio;exe;iso;jar;tar;tar;7z;tar.Z;tar.bz2;tar.gz;tar.lz;tar.lzma;tar.xz;

-save it, restart the OS

made needed to create the file to another location and copy or move it there, due permissions :

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//move
mv /full/path/to/extracthere.nemo_action/usr

//copy
cp /full/path/to/extracthere.nemo_action/usr

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