Make Link missing from right click menu

[peterzay]

In Ubuntu 16.10, the "Make Link" command is missing from the right click Nautilus menu.

Please attribute this bug to the correct module, gedit was used to trigger the ubuntu-bug process.

Thanks.

more info at: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/404047

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gedit 3.18.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:12:01 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-09 (159 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Fabio M. Panico (fbugnon)]

I appreciate the effort in providing a solution to this problem.

But, as I came to know, the "make link" is not really missing from Nautilus, but just disable by default.

All it takes is getting into Nautilus Preferences > Behavior (tab) and check the box for "Link Creation". After that, "create link" option comes back to contextual menu.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Closing, it's not a bug but as the previous comment said it's an option