Copy the extension to one of the following directories.
You may need to create the directory if it doesn't exist.

Nautilus:

    /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/
    ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/

Thunar:

    /usr/share/thunarx-python/extensions/
    ~/.local/share/thunarx-python/extensions/

Nemo:

    /usr/share/nemo-python/extensions/
    ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions/


If you installed the extension to a system directory, compile the extension

For example:

    python -m compileall /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/
    python -O -m compileall /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/


Nautilus python bindings are available on most distributions.

    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NautilusPython


For Thunar python bindings

    http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/bindings/thunarx-python

    Ubuntu/Debian users can find thunarx-python in the RabbitVCS PPA.


For Nemo python bindings 

    https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo-extensions/tree/master/nemo-python


KNOWN ISSUES

    Ubuntu/Debian users *may* need to create a symbolic link to prevent Thunar from crashing.

        sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0

    This is not an issue specific to this extension. 
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