Clicking on preinstalled /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop ends with "There was an error launching the application." and Vim is not launched
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
vim (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu MATE installed
2. Open Caja, navigate to
/usr/
3. Click on Vim
Expected result:
* Vim is launched
Actual result:
* Vim is not launched, the error window is shown with text "There was an error launching the application."
Notes:
the /usr/share/
The /usr/share/
```
$ dpkg -S /usr/share/
vim-common: /usr/share/
$ aptitude why vim-common
i vim-tiny Depends vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-
$ aptitude why vim-tiny
i ubuntu-minimal Depends vim-tiny
```
So it is a dependency issue. Having vim.desktop without installed `vim` executable is useless.
All Ubuntu versions are affected.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-minimal 1.361.2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Jul 11 11:05:44 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-07 (703 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
tags: |
added: hirsute removed: eoan |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) |
Changed in vim (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: iso.qa. ubuntu. com/qatracker/ reports/ bugs/1887220
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