ebook-viewer does not have a .desktop file

[Ronald McCollam]

Under Linux, ebook-viewer lacks a .desktop file. This means it is not picked up by Gnome as an application that can be associated with a file type.

Creating a .desktop file and placing it in /usr/share/applications allows me to associate .epub files with ebook-viewer so that I can quickly open and read them on my desktop. It would be great if this could be added to the default install so that other people can easily use this very useful application.

I will attach the .desktop file I have been using to do this locally.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: calibre 0.8.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-030200rc6-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 22 15:00:27 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: calibre
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Guy Rutenberg (guyrutenberg)]

Bug still affects Ubuntu 12.04 as well. I've posted in the link below a slightly updated desktop file:

http://www.guyrutenberg.com/2013/09/28/openning-mobi-and-epub-files-in-ubuntu/

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

This has been fixed upstream in Debian and is fixed in 14.04 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664182 so I will mark it as fixed release (technically, 12.04 is still supported, but I doubt this merits a SRU).