App search based on mime type returns nothing
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-software (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When trying to open a file which has no apps associated in nautilus like a .epub
You have the button " look for compatible apps" which is great
however , gnome-software returns no apps for "application/
is this a problem with appsstream ?
I think THIS IS a very important feature ..
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-software 41.5-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 5 16:34:08 2022
InstalledPlugins:
gnome-
gnome-
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Michel-Ekimia (michel.ekimia) wrote | #1 |
| Matthias Klumpp (ximion) wrote | #2 |
You can verify whether this is an issue with GNOME Software or your metadata by opening a terminal and running this command:
appstreamcli what-provides mediatype application/
If that yields results, it means that you have the metadata but GNOME Software doesn't read ir properly for some reason.