chromium cannot open files with the default application if konqueror is not installed

[Julian Ibarz]

Binary package hint: chromium-browser

When I uninstalled the package konqueror chromium couldn't open automatically the default application for a downloaded file or the feature Show in folder was not working anymore.

This can be fixed by reinstalling the konqueror package.

The problem is that chromium use xdg-open to know which software to use to open a file which is dependent on kfmclient and that is in the konqueror package.

Two solutions are possible:

* separate kfmclient from the konqueror package and put it in a kfmclient package and make xdg-utils dependant on kfmclient.
* make xdg-utils dependant on konqueror.

This bug might be related to this one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/513745

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: chromium-browser 5.0.375.86~r49890-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 16 21:40:42 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Closing due to the last update to this bug being almost 7 years old. Please file a new bug if this still applies to recent releases of chromium-browser.