From: Ben Sturmfels <ben@stumbles.id.au>
To: 26558@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26558: Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:28:36 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871sspdywc.fsf@sturm.com.au> (raw)
Hi Folks,
When I click an embedded URL within Gajim or Pumpa, I'm expecting a
browser window to pop up, but nothing happens and I get an error on the
command line:
/home/ben/.guix-profile/bin/xdg-open: line 341: gnome-open: command
not found
The same error shows up if you attempt try the URL with xdg-open
directly:
$ xdg-open https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
/home/ben/.guix-profile/bin/xdg-open: line 341: gnome-open: command not
found
As this message suggests, "gnome-open" is hard-coded into the "xdg-open"
script on line 341.
In Trisquel 7 and Debian Unstable the "gnome-open" executable is
included in the "libgnome2-bin" package, which I gather is deprecated.
Some quick searching around suggests that "gvfs-open" might be the the
appropriate replacement for "gnome-open":
https://askubuntu.com/questions/101965/what-is-the-replacement-for-gnome-open-in-gnome
https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/RemoveGnomeOpenGnomeHelp?highlight=%28gnome-open%29
https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/LibgnomeMustDie?highlight=%28gnome-open%29
I assume that means either:
a. packaging the deprecated gnome-open,
b. modifying xdg-open to use gvfs-open instead of gnome-open, or
c. in Gajim's case, possibly using "gtk_show_uri"?
Cheers,
Ben
next reply other threads:[~2017-04-19 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-19 0:28 Ben Sturmfels [this message]
2017-04-19 16:59 ` bug#26558: Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa) Mekeor Melire
2017-04-19 19:05 ` Arun Isaac
2017-04-19 19:22 ` Marius Bakke
2017-04-20 5:07 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2017-04-22 10:16 ` Marius Bakke
2017-04-20 5:16 ` Arun Isaac
2017-04-22 10:31 ` Marius Bakke
2017-04-23 12:14 ` Ben Sturmfels
2017-04-23 23:00 ` Marius Bakke
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