Ubuntu
chromium-browser package

DuckDuckGo should be added to the search engine ballot

Bug #827316 reported by Lars Noodén on 2011-08-16

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Chromium Browser	Unknown	Unknown	chromium #101865
	chromium-browser (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

When the Chromium browser is started in Lubuntu for the first time, a query is made to choose the default search engine. The search engine duckduckgo.com is missing from the list of choices. Please add it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: chromium-browser 12.0.742.112~r90304-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
ChromiumPrefs:
browser/check_default_browser = **unset** (no such key yet)
extensions/settings =
(no entry found in the Preferences file)
Date: Tue Aug 16 15:23:44 2011
Desktop-Session:
DESKTOP_SESSION = Lubuntu
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu:/etc/xdg
XDG_DATA_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg
DetectedPlugins: (no entry found in the Preferences file)
Env:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - i386 (20101203)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote on 2011-08-16:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DiskUsage.txt Edit (672 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
InstalledPlugins.txt Edit (476 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (807 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackagesPolicy.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
gconf-keys.txt Edit (473 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote on 2011-10-26:

Still present in the release version of Ubuntu.

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote on 2011-10-27:

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=101865

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Triaged

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote on 2012-03-13:

Still present in Precise beta:

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Logan Rosen (logan) on 2012-05-08

summary:

- duckduckgo search engine missing from search engine ballot
+ DuckDuckGo should be added to the search engine ballot

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2012-10-08

no longer affects:	firefox (Ubuntu)
no longer affects:	firefox
no longer affects:	firefox-extensions

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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) wrote on 2012-10-08:

True with the latest in Quantal, too.

chromium-browser:
  Installed: 20.0.1132.47~r144678-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 20.0.1132.47~r144678-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
*** 20.0.1132.47~r144678-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status