File browser "Find applications online" feature depends on app-install-data, but it is not installed as a dependency.

[deutrino]

In #1242845 I detailed my attempt to install a GNOME mouse cursor theme from the Files browser by right-clicking and looking for applications which could handle a ".theme" file.

Actual behavior:

The first time I tried this, I right-clicked "index.theme" and selected "Open with other application" from the context menu. I then clicked "Find applications online" and it crashed, complaining that it needed app-install-data to figure out MIME types in order to search for apps.

Expected behavior:

One of the following:

1. app-install-data is a dependency of the file browser and thus this won't happen, or
2. the error message should be handled much more gracefully and launch a package manager to install app-install-data easily for the user.

Release: Linux Mint 15 "olivia"
Edition: Cinnamon 64-bit

[Michael Webster (miketwebster)]

In Nemo, we have for 2.0 removed the "Find applications online" option, and improved the Open With dialog to allow you to create your own associations and set defaults.

[deutrino (deutrino)]

Improving Open With is great, but was Find Online removed because it's not working well? If it worked well, or could be something more like "find packages that can open this MIME type, sorted descending by popularity, in everything including Universe," it'd be a really cool and useful feature.

Just my $.02 - I'd rather see the feature work than disappear, if those are the two options to fix this. :)