[Bug 257301] Re: apt:// URL in Firefox does not launch package manager

[Andreas Moog]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since
this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work,
I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.
Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Summary changed:

- apt://  URL in Firefox does not launch package manager
+ [Firefox 3.0] apt://-urls don't launch packet-manager

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
  
- If this advice is correct, 
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=887574#post_message_5573899
+ URL's starting with apt:// don't launch packet-manager, even though
+ /usr/bin/apturl exists, is executable and works correctly if invoked
+ directly from command-line.
  
- then URLs starting with apt:// should fire up the package manager
+ $ ls -la /usr/bin/apturl
+ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12023 2008-04-16 00:40 /usr/bin/apturl
+ 
+ The settings in about:config are correct:
+ 
+ network.protocol-handler.app.apt;/usr/bin/apturl
+ network.protocol-handler.app.apt+http;/usr/bin/apturl
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
- Date: Tue Aug 12 16:50:57 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
- NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
- PackageArchitecture: amd64
- ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

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[Firefox 3.0] apt://-urls don't launch packet-manager
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257301
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