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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1650325 Title: Make Link missing from right click menu Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1650325/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp