This tutorial will explain how to mount files from nautilus’ right-click context menu. A mount option integrated into Nautilus’ context menu will make mounting files easier than before.

File mounter is an open-source program to mount files on Linux/Ubuntu/Super OS (still in beta). It creates a script menu to mount/unmount files from the context menu.

File mounter supports following formats:

  • .7z
  • .zip
  • .tar
  • .rar
  • .tar.gz
  • .tar.bz2
  • .deb
  • .cbz (.zip files in reality)
  • .iso (ISO9660)
  • .nrg
  • .runz (.runz files are ISO9660 files + the rock ridge extension)
  • ext2
  • ext3
  • ext4
  • QEMU raw images (not fully tested)

Install File Mounter in Ubuntu:

Download File Mounter 0.4.2

Open terminal from the dash home or press Ctrl+Alt+T, install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install avfs unionfs-fuse

Then navigate to download folder and install File mounter:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i file-mounter-0.4.2.deb

Use File Mounter:

To mount a file: Right click a file, select “scripts”, select “mount”, and then select “mount file”
To unmount a file: Right click a file, select “scripts”, select “mount”, and then select “un-mount file”

Notes:

You need root privileges to use File mounter (gksudo asks for the password)
The option “mount file (read-write)” will only work with HDD images for now