How to make nemo support compressing files by context menu?

Question

I use Cinnamon on ArchLinux and Nemo is it's default file manager. I've tried 3 GUI file archivers (p7zip with WxGTK, peazip & file-roller), but none of them add a "compress option" in the context menu.

How can I add a "compress option" to Nemo's right click context menu?

Answer 1

custom nemo action

This ArchLinux wiki article titled: Nemo describes the steps required to create your own context menu item.

General steps

1. Create a .nemo_action file. The file has to have this extension! Here's an example virus scanner .nemo_action file:

   clamscan.nemo_action:

   [Nemo Action]
   Name=Clam Scan
   Comment=Clam Scan
   
   Exec=gnome-terminal -x sh -c "clamscan -r %F | less"
   
   Icon-Name=bug-buddy
   
   Selection=Any
   
   Extensions=dir;exe;dll;zip;gz;7z;rar;
   

2. Place the .nemo_action file in one of the following locations:

   • $HOME/.local/share/nemo/actions/
   • /usr/share/nemo/actions/

nemo fileroller

On that same wiki page there is also mention of a extension to Nemo called Nemo Fileroller. You might be able to install this extension instead of creating your own.