How do I disable Nautilus?

[e.c.field]

Overall, I'm pleased with 12.04, but I dislike having Nautilus popup every time I restart. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear under the startup program list. Why not? I've grown used to Dolphin, although I much preferred when Konquerer was a full file manager.
The bottom line is, how can I make this dang Nautilus thing just go away?

[SteveRiley]

Nautilus is not part of a normal Kubuntu install. How did you build your system?

[e.c.field]

Nautilus is not part of a normal Kubuntu install. How did you build your system?

It was built from a normal, 12.04 ISO file. I downloaded the file, burnt a DVD and let it build on a brand new 2TB hard drive.

I allowed the non-free extras for video support, but that is all.

[SteveRiley]

Are you sure it was Kubuntu? I am positive that Kubuntu does not include Nautilus. What's the name of the .ISO that you downloaded?

[claydoh]

Even if it isn't KDE/Kubuntu, there will be a session manager in Ubuntu, where you can disable loading of previous desktop sessions - open programs, etc. Same for Kubuntu in System Settings

[whatthefunk]

I can confirm this. I got Nautilus and the configuration tools on a recent install.

[Qqmike]

I installed Kubuntu 12.04 about a month ago. I just opened Muon and searched for "nautilus," and there it was -- installed (along with various of its helper packages). I did not install it myself. It does not appear in any of the K-menus, as far as I can tell, and has not yet popped up to interfere with anything. Of course, when I enter
nautilus
at Konsole, it opens and is ready to go.

[whatthefunk]

The configuration tool pops up in my Settings menu. I just purged everything...no problems yet.

[SteveRiley]

I can confirm this. I got Nautilus and the configuration tools on a recent install.

I installed Kubuntu 12.04 about a month ago. I just opened Muon and searched for "nautilus," and there it was -- installed (along with various of its helper packages). I did not install it myself.

Hmm...

steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache policy nautilus[/B]
nautilus:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
     1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://mirror.anl.gov/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages

steve@t520:~$ [B]dpkg -l | grep -i nautilus[/B]
steve@t520:~$ 

steve@t520:~$ [B]nautilus[/B]
nautilus: command not found

Now isn't this curious? Not one hint of a shadow of Nautilus code. Fresh install from 16 Sep Kubuntu Quantal daily build, alternate ISO.

[SteveRiley]

Qqmike and whatthefunk: please grep through your /var/log/apt/history.log. Do you see Nautilus-related entries?

[whatthefunk]

From /var/log/apt/history.log:

Install: meld:amd64 (1.5.3-1ubuntu1, automatic), python-gnome2:amd64 (2.28.1+dfsg-1, automatic), menu:amd64 (2.1.46ubuntu1, automatic), python-pyorbit:amd64 (2.24.0-6ubuntu2, automatic), libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0:amd64 (1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, automatic), libyelp0:amd64 (3.4.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgail18:amd64 (2.24.10-0ubuntu6, automatic), libgnome2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-2ubuntu1, automatic), libgnomecanvas2-0:amd64 (2.30.3-1ubuntu1, automatic), libbonobo2-common:amd64 (2.32.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), liblaunchpad-integration-common:amd64 (0.1.56, automatic), libgnomeui-0:amd64 (2.24.5-2ubuntu2, automatic), liblaunchpad-integration-3.0-1:amd64 (0.1.56, automatic), libbonobo2-0:amd64 (2.32.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgnomevfs2-common:amd64 (2.24.4-1ubuntu2, automatic), gvfs-libs:amd64 (1.12.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), python-gtksourceview2:amd64 (2.10.1-2build1, automatic), libavahi-glib1:amd64 (0.6.30-5ubuntu2, automatic), gvfs-common:amd64 (1.12.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgeoclue0:amd64 (0.12.0-1ubuntu12, automatic), nautilus-actions:amd64 (3.1.4-1build1, automatic), libwebkitgtk-3.0-0:amd64 (1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, automatic), backintime-common:amd64 (1.0.8-1), backintime-gnome:amd64 (1.0.8-1), libidl-common:amd64 (0.8.14-0.2ubuntu2, automatic), launchpad-integration:amd64 (0.1.56, automatic), libgdu0:amd64 (3.0.2-2ubuntu7, automatic), libgnome2-common:amd64 (2.32.1-2ubuntu1, automatic), libgnomevfs2-0:amd64 (2.24.4-1ubuntu2, automatic), libgtop2-common:amd64 (2.28.4-2, automatic), ksh:amd64 (93u-1, automatic), libgail-3-0:amd64 (3.4.2-0ubuntu0.4, automatic), libidl0:amd64 (0.8.14-0.2ubuntu2, automatic), libunique-3.0-0:amd64 (3.0.2-1, automatic), libgtop2-7:amd64 (2.28.4-2, automatic), yelp:amd64 (3.4.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgnomeui-common:amd64 (2.24.5-2ubuntu2, automatic), liborbit2:amd64 (2.14.19-0.1ubuntu1, automatic), libbonoboui2-0:amd64 (2.24.5-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgtksourceview2.0-0:amd64 (2.10.5-0ubuntu3, automatic), gnome-user-guide:amd64 (3.4.1-1, automatic), gvfs:amd64 (1.12.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), yelp-xsl:amd64 (3.4.1-1, automatic), libbonoboui2-common:amd64 (2.24.5-0ubuntu1, automatic), libnautilus-extension1a:amd64 (3.4.2-0ubuntu4, automatic), libwebkitgtk-3.0-common:amd64 (1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, automatic), libgnomecanvas2-common:amd64 (2.30.3-1ubuntu1, automatic), gvfs-daemons:amd64 (1.12.1-0ubuntu1, automatic), libgtksourceview2.0-common:amd64 (2.10.5-0ubuntu3, automatic)

Judging by date and time, this was install by me, directly after a fresh install of Kubuntu. After installing, I went through and installed all my regularly used programs etc and this came with it. I have no idea how this got in there though because I have never even heard of meld.

[SteveRiley]

Anything marked "automatic" was brought in to satisfy a depends or a recommends. Looks like you intentionally installed backintime-common and backintime-gnome. The repository shows a backintime-kde, curious why you didn't opt for that instead? But anyway, here's why you got all that extra stuff:

steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache depends backintime-gnome[/B]
backintime-gnome
  Depends: backintime-common
  Depends: python-gnome2
  Depends: python-notify
  Depends: python-gtk2
  Depends: python-glade2
  Depends: menu
  Depends: python
  Recommends: nautilus-actions
  Recommends: meld

[whatthefunk]

Pretty sure I installed that through Muon Software Center while trying out various backup programs. Curious that it didnt give me the KDE variety....

[Snowhog]

Muon Package Manager shows:

backintime-kde
backintime-gnome
backintime-common

Muon Software Center however, only shows:

backintime-gnome 1.0.8-1

[SteveRiley]

How are you locating backintime?

Results of search:



Choosing the third option: