[debbugs-tracker] bug#26558: closed (Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa))

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> Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa)
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> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:28:36 +1000
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> Hi Folks,
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> 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
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>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/bin/xdg-open: line 341: gnome-open: command
>   not found
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> The same error shows up if you attempt try the URL with xdg-open
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>   $ xdg-open https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
>   /home/ben/.guix-profile/bin/xdg-open: line 341: gnome-open: command not
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> As this message suggests, "gnome-open" is hard-coded into the "xdg-open"
> script on line 341.
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> 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":
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> https://askubuntu.com/questions/101965/what-is-the-replacement-for-gnome-open-in-gnome
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> https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/RemoveGnomeOpenGnomeHelp?highlight=%28gnome-open%29
>   https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/LibgnomeMustDie?highlight=%28gnome-open%29
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> I assume that means either:
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>   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"?
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> Cheers,
> Ben
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#26558: Opening URLs with xdg-open fails (eg. Gajim, Pumpa) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:00:28 +0200 User-agent: Notmuch/0.24.1 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/25.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)

Ben Sturmfels <address@hidden> writes:

> On 22/04/17 20:31, Marius Bakke wrote:
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>> Ben: Can you confirm whether the latest xdg-utils work for you? It's in
>> 'master' now so you should get it after a `guix pull` and update.
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> Thanks Marius, working beautifully now!

Yay, thanks for confirming! Closing this bug. :-)

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