[Bug 1726327] Re: Can't install apps via clicking on apt url

[Brian Murray]

Hello Alan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apturl into artful-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apturl/0.5.2ubuntu13
in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-artful to verification-done-artful. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-artful. In either case, details of your
testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: apturl (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-artful

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Title:
  Can't install apps via clicking on apt url

Status in apturl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in apturl source package in Artful:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Description ]

  Slashes are being appended to URLs passed to apturl, which it isn't
  prepared to handle.

  [ QA ]

  Test 1.

  1. Open a terminal
  2. Run `xdg-open apt://gnome-terminal'

  You should see an error message if it is broken, and either a message
  about gnome-terminal being already installed or an installation prompt
  from apturl if it is not broken.

  Test 2.

  1. Click this link: apt://gnome-terminal

  As above (assuming your browser is configured to correctly pass apt
  URLs over to the system's mimetype handler).

  [ Regression potential ]

  If the fix works, apturl will start working. A potential regression is
  that apturl is broken in some way that causes damage to systems.

  [ Original description ]

  Running latest artful.
  Visit http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html
  Click big orange "Available on the software center" button (which links to apt://vlc

  Expected outcome:-

  GNOME Software which would find vlc in the archive

  Actual outcome:-

  A dialog box appears
  "Invalid URL: 'apt://vlc/' given, exiting
  Invalid package name 'vlc/'"

  See screenshot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: apturl 0.5.2ubuntu12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Oct 23 10:30:09 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-02 (81 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170712)
  SourcePackage: apturl
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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