apturl links for most packages do not work when clicked immediately after system install

[Scott Ritchie]

Binary package hint: apturl

On Lucid, if I provide an apt://ubuntu-restricted-extras link and instruct users to click it first thing after installing, it doesn't work.

This is either because 1) Software Center hasn't been opened yet and universe hasn't yet been enabled, or 2) the initial apt-get update hasn't run.

It would be nice if apturl could detect whether the system had ever successfully run apt-get update and thus obtained a somewhat fresh package list.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: apturl 0.4.1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 18 04:36:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apturl