apturl doesn't work with Firefox

[Romain Henriet]

Binary package hint: apturl-kde

It works with konqueror but not with firefox, even after copying /usr/share/firefox/plugin/apturl.js into user's profile.
Firefox says apt protocol is not associated to any program.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 6 20:55:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: apturl-kde 0.4.1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: apturl
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Moving to Ubufox for triage.
Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Do you have ubufox installed?

[Romain Henriet (romain-henriet)]

Yes Ubufox is installed

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Confirming. (ubufox is installed here too)

[mrtymek (dizzasta)]

Ubufox and apturl-kde installed, both dpkg reconfigured, and nothing seems to work...
Kubuntu 9.10 x86

[João Pinto (joaopinto)]

As a workaround you can install the firefox-gnome-support package .

[lengoanhcat (lengoanhcat)]

Hi everyone, I have the same problem stated above. I try to install firefox-gnome-support package but it does not work as well.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Can someone who's having this issue check to see if there are any entries in /var/log/kern.log about apparmor blocking Firefox access to apturl?

[lippol94 (lippol94)]

That's a problem that has already resolved in Ubuntu Wiki.
This is the page translated from italian wiki
http://bit.ly/5XjhfC

Byee!!

[Jonathan Richards (jnorichards)]

lippol94 alleged: "That's a problem that has already resolved in Ubuntu Wiki."

The problem is NOT resolved.

The suggested changes do not allow Firefox to recognise an apt:// url, but it issues a dialog box
'Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program.'

This is Firefox version 3.5.6 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0 running on Kubuntu 9.10 fully updated.

AptURL is installed:

jonathan@odin:~$ file $(which apturl)
/usr/bin/apturl: POSIX shell script text executable

jonathan@odin:~$ file $(which apturl-kde)
/usr/bin/apturl-kde: python script text executable

about:config settings are exactly as described for Firefox 3 at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptURL

Micah Gersten asked about kern.log entries: there is nothing in my /var/log/kern.log relevant to this issue.

[dmanhog (dmanhog-yahoo)]

I couldn't get getdeb to work with konqueror or firefox but after installing the getdeb repository it does work with chromium at least for me. This does not fix the problem but is a way around it and ended my frustration. Hope this helps.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Hey! the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/480514 is NOT a duplicate as Kubuntu is NOT the only one concerned !

[Heimen Stoffels (vistaus)]

I can confirm that it doesn't wok on Firefox. It sure isn't a AppArmor bug blocking acces, because the bug is not present when you try to install a package with apt:// from Chromium.

[BP_CH (bp-ch)]

I confirm the with firefox 3.5.7 and despite reinstall of all mentionned packages (apturl, ubufox , firefox-gnome-support) it does not work.

[Shaved Wookie (shavedwookie)]

It also works if you install a package with an apt url in konqueror

[Danté (dante-ashton)]

I can confirm it fails with Firefox and Konq.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

I think the title of this bug should be changed as kubuntu is not the only browser concerned.
Apturl links is a feature very appreciated in the ubuntu-fr community, but APTURL links should work out-of-the-box for all browsers !

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Is this bug still present in lucid ?

[RussianNeuroMancer (russianneuromancer)]

I test it with Kubuntu 10.04 and Firefox 3.6.3. Looks like this bug is still present in Kubuntu, but maybe fixed in Ubuntu - I not test it in Ubuntu.

[slibuntu (stuohy1)]

Can confirm that bug is still present in Ubuntu Lucid running Firefox 3.6.3

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Updated the title (removed the reference to Kubuntu as Gnome other environments are also affected).

[Heimen Stoffels (vistaus)]

This bug is still present. Will it ever get fixed?

[Andrew Gunnerson (cxl)]

This does not apply in Ubuntu 10.04 with Firefox 3.6.3. apt:// urls for GetDeb and the Ubuntu repository work fine.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

What about Kubuntu, Xubuntu , Lubuntu ... ?

[Rafeeq (firech)]

Xubuntu 10.04 + Google Chrome = doesn't work.

[RussianNeuroMancer (russianneuromancer)]

What version of Google Chrome you are using?
In my case for Chromium 5.0 and 6.0 in Kubuntu I can't confirm this bug.
You can try in Gnome and KDE?

[Jogai (jogai)]

http://hubpages.com/hub/Ubuntu-Resolving-AptURL-Open-With-Error

[Laurent Simon (stratic)]

I confirm that apt:// urls did not work under KUbuntu 10.04 (amd64) with Firefox 3.6.3.

And jogai trick for resolving AptURL did not work for me.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Please don't change the bug status without any explanation.

This issue is fixed already in Maverick anyway

[Alexander (cimerman-alexander)]

http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/10.10/?q=Handbrake
this realy woorks

[grahamt (grahamtooley)]

>http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/10.10/?q=Handbrake
>this realy woorks

Not for me it doesn't. :-(

It still says:

"Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program."

Firefox 3.6.15 on Kubuntu Maverick KDE Platform Version 4.6.1

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

Still an issue with Natty & FF 4.0.1. Does not work 4 me :-_(

Ubufox installed + activated - no change
Gnome Firefox support installed - no change

Even Changes like recommended for FF3 via about don't help. How to get apturl to work in FF?

[Patrick (mail-elliott-brennan)]

KDE 4.4.5
Ubuntu 10.04
Fresh install
Not working in Firefox
Works with Chrome 11.0.696.68

[Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen)]

Not working in precise.
Why can't I change the status?

[Christiansen (happylinux)]

No luck in Kubuntu Precise Beta (with all updates as of 2012-04-20 applied) either - using Firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu4.

[James Cain (ronnoc)]

Not working here either. Maybe we should open a new bug?

[George (geoaraujo)]

Not working.

Kubuntu 12.04 64-bit.

[acar burak (acarbura)]

Not working here either (Kubuntu 12.04 64 bit).

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Please file a new bug, this issue was fixed 2 years ago.

[Adam Lendas (otheim)]

Installation from site www.getdeb.net works well with Opera 12.02 (Kubuntu 12.04 x84_64)

[ok (undefineddecoder)]

Confirmed Still an issue with firefox 16.0.2 Kubuntu 12.04 64-bit. Konqueror doesn't do it either.

[Kebap (leckerkebap)]

Still happening. Freshly installed Kubuntu 12.04 64bit. Firefox 18.0.2.

Tried adding to about:config a new entry "network.protocol-handler.app.apt" with string "/usr/bin/apturl"

Still receive error message: "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program."

[Patrick (ikke-den-tricky)]

Kebap (leckerkebap)
after adding the lines i recieved"open with" browsed to " /usr/bin/apturl" checked "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
it works now for me

[Marlin (lytefm)]

Worked for me on Kubuntu 13.04 after I changed the Application Settings for apturl in Firefox to
/usr/bin/apturl-kde

[Friedhelm (friedhelm-feinbein)]

Couldn't get Firefox (31.0) to work, but used this with Rekonq as a workaround:

Add this line:
application/x-deb=AptURL.desktop;

to:
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Works with Kubuntu 14.04 LTS and using Rekonq to access PlayDeb for me.

Thanks to:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/279161/how-to-open-deb-from-nautilus-with-apturl

[[e-mail] (fathi733-gmail)]

thanx to Friedhelm (friedhelm-feinbein

it works for me

kubuntu14.4