Documentation, Browse Packages etc. not working (kubuntu)

[pjoe]

I'm trying to use ST 2 on kubuntu 12.04, but several menus aren't working. This seems to be the ones that try to open something in a browser:

• Documentation
• Twitter
• Purchase License
• Browse Packages

If I open a html file and try 'open in browser' it will open the page, however in firefox and not my default browser which is chrome :S

I've tried the following in console, if it's any help:

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>>> import webbrowser
>>> webbrowser.open_new_tab('google.com')
True
>>> webbrowser.get()
<webbrowser.Mozilla object at 0x1a67990>


[pjoe]

If it's any help, this is how you would open a site in the correct browser on ubuntu from cmd line:

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/etc/alternatives/x-www-browser "google.com"


[pjoe]

FWIW: I tried dev build 2220, but still same behavior. Also I'm on 64-bit if that makes any difference.

[fcoarmandomendoza]

Hi!!! The same issue happen in my new kubuntu 12.04 installation. In ubuntu 12.04 it work fine!

[pjoe]

I found this on SO which likely explains it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1559 ... n-in-linux

Apparently xdg-open is the way to go today, at least that works fine for me when testing in terminal

[letrec]

What about the "Browse Package" menu item? What previous posters covered, identifies the problem of the "open url" commands, but the Browse Browser is still dead. I use Linux Mint KDE 14 (so I guess, this problem is related to the KDE file browser) and when I press "Browse Packages" nothing happens.

[jps]

The menu items use the gtk_show_uri API call to show your browser, so presumably some GTK configuration is missing.