Add "File Roller"/"Archive Manager" to right-click on Desktop

[Vincent Trouilliez]

Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu Users,
> 
> I can right click on the Desktop and under "Create Document..." I can 
> create a new "empty file". If I open that empty file, it's opened with 
> Gedit and treated like a text file.
> 
> I'd like to be able right click on my desktop and be able to select 
> something like "new archive" or something, and either create a tar.gz 
> file, or be taken immediately to the Archive Manager interface.
> 
> How can I do that?
> 
> And while I'm at it, I can't seem to find the "Archive Manger" program 
> in any of the Gnome Panel menus. How do people usually start it when 
> they want to create an archive?
> 
> Thank you for your time and advice.

There is already a menu option to create archive: in Nautilus select the files you want to archive, then right-click on them and select "Create Archive", it will fire up "File Roller" (hence no need to create an empty document nor encumber the menus with a File Roller icon ;-)

HTH,

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Vince