Cannot open KDE Component Chooser

[Dotan Cohen]

On 12/09/2007, Greg Booth <bootgr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In Kcontrol the KDE Component Chooser is missing. This was also the
> > case in a previous Ubuntu install, however in that one I could simply
> > open /usr/share/applications/kde/componentchooser.desktop in Konqueror
> > and use it. In this install, I cannot. What can I do? Is there a file
> > that I can manually edit? I need to set Thunderbird as the default
> > email client.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
>
> update-alternatives --config ?????  should do it but I'm not sure what
> the option is.

I also had thought of that, but none of the options seemed right:

ubuntu at ubuntu-laptop:~$ ls /etc/alternatives/
ControlPanel             ex.it.1.gz                  pack200
    vi.pl.1.gz
README                   ex.it.ISO8859-1.1.gz        pack200.1.gz
    vi.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz
aclocal                  ex.it.UTF-8.1.gz            pager
    vi.pl.UTF-8.1.gz
aclocal.1.gz             ex.pl.1.gz                  pager.1.gz
    vi.ru.1.gz
automake                 ex.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz        pinentry              view
automake.1.gz            ex.pl.UTF-8.1.gz            pinentry-x11
    view.1.gz
awk                      ex.ru.1.gz                  pinentry-x11.1.gz
    view.fr.1.gz
awk.1.gz                 firefox-homepage            pinentry.1.gz
    view.fr.ISO8859-1.1.gz
btcompletedir            firefox-homepage-locales    policytool
    view.fr.UTF-8.1.gz
btcompletedir.1.gz       firefox-javaplugin.so       policytool.1.gz
    view.it.1.gz
btdownloadcurses         ftp                         qmake
    view.it.ISO8859-1.1.gz
btdownloadcurses.1.gz    ftp.1.gz                    qmake.1.gz
    view.it.UTF-8.1.gz
btdownloadheadless       gconftool                   rcp
    view.pl.1.gz
btdownloadheadless.1.gz  git                         rcp.1.gz
    view.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz
btlaunchmany             global-assembly-cache-tool  rename
    view.pl.UTF-8.1.gz
btlaunchmany.1.gz        gnome-text-editor           rename.1.gz
    view.ru.1.gz
btlaunchmanycurses       gnome-text-editor.1.gz      rlogin                vim
btlaunchmanycurses.1.gz  gnome-video-thumbnailer     rlogin.1.gz
    vimdiff
btmakemetafile           gnome-www-browser           rmid
    vncpasswd
btmakemetafile.1.gz      gnome-www-browser.1.gz      rmid.1.gz
    vncpasswd.1.gz
btreannounce             gs                          rmiregistry
    vncviewer
btreannounce.1.gz        gs.1.gz                     rmiregistry.1.gz
    vncviewer.1.gz
btrename                 iceape-javaplugin.so        rmt                   w
btrename.1.gz            iceweasel-javaplugin.so     rmt.8.gz
    w.1.gz
btshowmetainfo           infobrowser                 rsh                   wish
btshowmetainfo.1.gz      infobrowser.1.gz            rsh.1.gz
    wish.1
bttrack                  irc.protocol                rview                 write
bttrack.1.gz             java                        rvim
    write.1.gz
builtins.7.gz            java.1.gz                   servertool
    www-browser
c++                      java_vm                     servertool.1.gz
    www-browser.1.gz
c++.1.gz                 javaws                      ssh-askpass
    wx.pth
c89                      javaws.1.gz                 ssh-askpass.1.gz
    x-cursor-theme
c89.1.gz                 jcontrol                    tclsh
    x-session-manager
c99                      keytool                     tclsh.1
    x-session-manager.1.gz
c99.1.gz                 keytool.1.gz                telnet
    x-terminal-emulator
cc                       libgksu-gconf-defaults      telnet.1.gz
    x-terminal-emulator.1.gz
cc.1.gz                  lrelease                    tnameserv
    x-window-decorator
cli                      lrelease.1.gz               tnameserv.1.gz
    x-window-manager
cli-gacutil.1.gz         lupdate                     uic
    x-window-manager.1.gz
cli.1.gz                 lupdate.1.gz                uic.1.gz
    x-www-browser
cpp                      moc                         unpack200
    x-www-browser.1.gz
designer                 moc.1.gz                    unpack200.1.gz
    xinput-all_ALL
designer.1.gz            mozilla
usplash-artwork.so    xinput-ja_JP
desktop-splash           mozilla-javaplugin.so       vi
    xinput-ko_KR
editor                   mozilla.1.gz                vi.1.gz
    xinput-zh_CN
editor.1.gz              mt                          vi.fr.1.gz
    xinput-zh_HK
ex                       mt.1.gz
vi.fr.ISO8859-1.1.gz  xinput-zh_SG
ex.1.gz                  nawk                        vi.fr.UTF-8.1.gz
    xinput-zh_TW
ex.fr.1.gz               nawk.1.gz                   vi.it.1.gz
    xvncviewer
ex.fr.ISO8859-1.1.gz     orbd
vi.it.ISO8859-1.1.gz  xvncviewer.1.gz
ex.fr.UTF-8.1.gz         orbd.1.gz                   vi.it.UTF-8.1.gz



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