Firefox and ktorrent

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Re:Firefox and ktorrent
From: "Willy K. Hamra" <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com>
To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: 05/23/2008 10:35 AM
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> Paul Lemmons wrote:
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>> I was trying to download a torrent today in hardy using firefox 3B5. In
>> the past, before the upgrade, it would open ktorrent by default and life
>> was good. Now I get the cryptic message:
>>
>> aaa.bbb.ccc.torrent could not be opened, because the associated helper
>> application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
>>
>> I have looked at the KDE file associations and they seem to be correct.
>> I am thinking that this is a firefox thing. Try as I might, though, I am
>> not finding any way to perform the task it suggests. I have seen a
>> number of others have asked the same question on the net but nobody,
>> that I have found, has gotten an answer yet.
>>
>> Ktorrent is installed and it works perfectly. I can cut and past the url
>> into it by hand and the download starts without any problems.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>     
> in firefox , edit --> preferences, applications tab, and edit the
> .torrent preferences from there.
>   
I have been there. The "list of applications" is empty and there does 
not appear to be any way of adding any.

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