#Ubuntu clipboard manager install#
It seems plausible you might install it because you want to use it in an environment which is not LXDE, but also supports autostart. The problem is that clipit is not part of LXDE specifically. There seems to an issue that this does not work when you use native Wayland apps and GNOME with Wayland). Some details are mentioned in this old Ubuntu document. (At least, I think GNOME provides a clipboard manager which works for X Windows. (Although, you don't explicitly say if you have the same problem in LXDE as well?) I would advise not running clipit -daemon or equivalent in a GNOME session, in case they conflict. The GNOME desktop provides this feature already. Perhaps Debian LXDE expects that you would like something to preserve the clipboard contents on LXDE. However, I expect at least one of the problems it solves, is the problem that the X clipboard for copy/paste is effectively lost when you close the app you copied from. The doc for clipit -daemon (which is autostarted) says it is used "to keep your clipboard and primary contents safe." There's several things you might guess this means. Of course if you find a nice clean solution, or the weird effect you find is dangerous enough, you can also report a bug and hope that Debian will solve the conflict. different OS install disks for different desktop environments. There are some good reasons why Ubuntu and Fedora have flavours/spins i.e. Next, launch ‘Gnome Extensions’ app, scroll down and turn on the slider icon to enable GPaste indicator:Īnd click on the gear button to change it settings as you like.If you want the more general advice, it is that installing the meta-package for more than one desktop environment can have pretty weird effects, and you get to clean up the mess :-P. For the indicator applet, enable it via Gnome Extensions app.įirstly, open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard) and install Gnome Extensions app if you don’t have it: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-prefs Search for and open gpaste from the overview screen will launch the main app window. To do so, press Alt+F2 key combination on keyboard, type r in pop-up ‘Run a Command’ dialog, and hit Enter.įor Wayland session, you need to log out and back in to restart Gnome Shell. The indicator applet is provided by Gnome Extension, users have to restart GNOME Shell to allow working. Other Linux, such as Fedora may install the clipboard manager via sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-gpaste command. So command will be: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-gpaste NOTE for Ubuntu 21.04 and Ubuntu 21.10, the package name has changed ( removed ‘s’ in ‘extensions’). When terminal opens, run command to install the gpaste and extension packages in Ubuntu 18.04 & Ubuntu 20.04: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste And, the hamburger icon on header bar allows to change the app settings and keyboard shortcuts.įor Ubuntu with default GNOME desktop, open terminal either by searching from overview screen or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard.
There you may do all the functions, including create, edit, and/or delete content from the clipboard history. And, a global switch is present to toggle tracking clipboard changes.īy clicking on the home icon in the drop-down menu, it brings up the main app window. It offers an indicator applet in system tray, allows you to search from history, single click to copy to clipboard, so to paste to anywhere as you want.
#Ubuntu clipboard manager free#
GPaste is a free open-source clipboard manager that keep a trace of what you’re copying and pasting.
So, when you trying to find out what you’ve copied earlier, a clipboard manager will be helpful. The content in clipboard will be overwritten once you do another copy & paste action. The clipboard is the place to store the text, image, file path and all the stuff that you last copied (or cut). For those doing copy & paste actions frequently in Ubuntu Linux, GPaste remembers the clipboard history and allows to find them easily via few click.
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