Ubuntu
xdg-utils package

sudo xdg-open doesn't work

Bug #517984 reported by Davide Lasagna
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xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xdg-utils

Hi,

Try this:

sudo xdg-open /usr/share/

It failed with:

Warning: unknown mime-type for "/usr/share" -- using "application/octet-stream"
Error: no "view" mailcap rules found for type "application/octet-stream"

gksu does not work either.

Cheers

Revision history for this message
Andrew (andrewkvalheim) wrote :

This problem no longer happens in Ubuntu 12.10.

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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