MIME Types do not work in evolution under Kubuntu

[chandana]

Binary package hint: kde

The Kubuntu install does not correctly install the mime type dependencies required by Gnome based programs like Evolution.

To make Evolution behave as expected when you right click on an attachment, the /etc/gnome/defaults.list file is needed, and must be symlinked to $HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list.

It is also necessary to ensure that the .desktop files referred to by the defaults.list file must be in /usr/share/applications. KDE apps are typically in /usr/share/applications/kde. These must be symlinked to /usr/share/applications.

[Lindsay Keir (lindsay-keir-hotmail)]

I too have this problem - <rant>I had to switch from kontact/kmail because of the "HTML is evil!" attitude for SENDING messages (odd, very, very odd.) </rant>

Anyway, I tried the Evolution's attachments on 2 computers and 3 accounts - this problem is NOT "undecided" but very DECIDED a problem! HOWEVER, I (for some reason) do NOT have a /etc/gnome/defaults.list file - so NO FIX for me. YES - I did try the linking in para2 - HELP!

Kubuntu "Gutsy" 8.04 - Evolution 2.22.1

[chandana (chandana-desilva)]

I am attaching my copy of the file

[Damian bikiel (dbikiel)]

I haven't the default.list file. I tried to use chandana's file, but it doesn't worked.

[chandana (chandana-desilva)]

Try this file
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 13:08 +0000, Damian bikiel wrote:
> I haven't the default.list file. I tried to use chandana's file, but it
> doesn't worked.
>

[Damian bikiel (dbikiel)]

nope. I doesn't work either.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

This stuff should be taken care of by the evolution package.

Also linking stuff from /etc to $HOME is nonesense as everything in $HOME should be writeable by $USER, which is not the case for fiels from /etc. Also /usr/share/application is to be used recursive, so symlinking /kde to .. doesn't make sense either, for my tasting only non-desktop library dependent apps should be in the main directory anyway.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that's not an evolution bug, evolution is using the directories which are in the xdg specification

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