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* bug#26558: Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa)
@ 2017-04-19  0:28 Ben Sturmfels
  2017-04-19 16:59 ` Mekeor Melire
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Ben Sturmfels @ 2017-04-19  0:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 26558

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

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2017-04-19  0:28 bug#26558: Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa) Ben Sturmfels
2017-04-19 16:59 ` 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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