Seamonkey installed but not available in list

[MagicPaw]

I have installed and uninstalled seamonkey repeatedly but I am unable to select it as a "Preferred application". Instead I am forced to have FIrefox as my default web browser ever since I upgraded to 11.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 2 23:23:56 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-20 (44 days ago)
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-panel:2037): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen1/screen' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x8b14188
 (gnome-panel:2037): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen1/screen' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x8b14188
 (bluetooth-applet:2033): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
 (gnome-power-manager:2050): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it's up to the applications themselve to ship their entry

[MagicPaw (magicpaw)]

Come again? You're telling me that the reason Seamonkey isn't an available option, even though it's installed through the Ubuntu Software Center is because the Seamonkey software didn't code something to be referenced by the "Preferred Applications" drop down list?

[Anonymous (sjklfjalkfsakl)]

It's missing not only from the "web browser" dropdown list but also from the "mail client" dropdown list. In the former, I see Firefox, Chromium and Opera, but no Seamonkey. In the latter, I see Evolution, Thunderbird and Opera, but no Seamonkey.

[Joe Lesko (joe-nationnet-deactivatedaccount)]

This is a short term solution that can be done to allow you to select Seamonkey as a default application.

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Add the following lines:

[Added Associations]
x-scheme-handler/mailto=seamonkey.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=seamonkey.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=seamonkey.desktop;

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Yes, those should be added to the MimeTypes field of the desktop file. Do you want to take this one Joe?

[Joe Lesko (joe-nationnet-deactivatedaccount)]

Fixed in beta branch and will be in next release.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package seamonkey - 2.6.1-0ubuntu1

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seamonkey (2.6.1-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release from the stable channel (SEAMONKEY_2_6_1_RELEASE)

  [ Joe Lesko <email address hidden> ]
  * Drop spurious DEBIAN_TAG from rules file
    - update debian/rules
  * Updated build/create_tarball with fix from Chris Coulson
    - update debian/build/create-tarball
  * Added patch to correct powerpc build.
    - fix-build-failure-without-yarr-jit.patch
    - Updated series.
  * Removed patches that were applied upstream
    - build-fix-for-no-ENABLE_YARR_JIT.patch
    - only-add-ENABLE_JIT-to-CXXFLAGS-if-jit-is-enabled.patch
    - Removed compile-pldhash-as-C++.patch. Included in upstream
  * Fixed MimeTypes in desktop. (LP: #865036)
    - update debian/seamonkey.desktop.in
  * Fixed shlibs for libstartup-notification0. (LP: #877925)
    - update debian/control{,.in}

  [ Micah Gersten <email address hidden> ]
  * Add transitional packages for seamonkey-{browser,chatzilla,mailnews}; Also
    relax Conflicts on these packages to Breaks << 2.6.1~ (LP: #875012)
    - update debian/control{,.in}
 -- Joe Lesko <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:15:50 -0600