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Old 06-30-2011, 01:45 PM   #1
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xdg-open: no method available for opening


First. I am not a programmer. But I feel safe enough to edit a file (after backing it up of course.)

I am using Arch with Enlightenment (E17.) I installed fwbuilder. Now when I click on the tutorial button it would not start my browser at all. The terminal gave this error;

Code:
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: firefox: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: mozilla: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: epiphany: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: konqueror: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: chromium-browser: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: google-chrome: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: links2: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: links: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: lynx: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 478: w3m: command not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/quick_start_guide_2.html'
So I went in as root to /usr/bin/xdg-open. I changed;

This:
Code:
# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chro$
    fi
fi
To this:
Code:
# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chro$
    fi
fi
adding chromium.

Now the only error I get is this:

Code:
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/quick_start_guide_2.html'
I am lost on what to do now.

Here is my whole /usr/bin/xdg-open file;
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#---------------------------------------------
#   xdg-open
#
#   Utility script to open a URL in the registered default application.
#
#   Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
#
#   Copyright 2009-2010, Fathi Boudra <fabo@freedesktop.org>
#   Copyright 2009-2010, Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
#   Copyright 2006, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
#   Copyright 2006, Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
#
#   LICENSE:
#
#   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
#   copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
#   to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
#   the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
#   and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
#   Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
#   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
#   in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
#   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
#   OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
#   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
#   THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
#   OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
#   ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
#   OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#
#---------------------------------------------

manualpage()
{
cat << _MANUALPAGE
Name

xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application

Synopsis

xdg-open { file | URL }

xdg-open { --help | --manual | --version }

Description

xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is
provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web browser. If a file
is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of
that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.

xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use
xdg-open as root.

Options

--help
    Show command synopsis.
--manual
    Show this manualpage.
--version
    Show the xdg-utils version information.

Exit Codes

An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates
failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

1
    Error in command line syntax.
2
    One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
3
    A required tool could not be found.
4
    The action failed.

Examples

xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'

Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser

xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image viewing
application.

_MANUALPAGE
}

usage()
{
cat << _USAGE
xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application

Synopsis

xdg-open { file | URL }

xdg-open { --help | --manual | --version }

_USAGE
}

#@xdg-utils-common@

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Common utility functions included in all XDG wrapper scripts
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DEBUG()
{
  [ -z "${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL}" ] && return 0;
  [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL} -lt $1 ] && return 0;
  shift
  echo "$@" >&2
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on successfully completing the desired operation

exit_success()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "$@"
        echo
    fi

    exit 0
}


#-----------------------------------------
# Exit script on malformed arguments, not enough arguments
# or missing required option.
# prints usage information

exit_failure_syntax()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
        echo "Try 'xdg-open --help' for more information." >&2
    else
        usage
        echo "Use 'man xdg-open' or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info."
    fi

    exit 1
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on missing file specified on command line

exit_failure_file_missing()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
    fi

    exit 2
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on failure to locate necessary tool applications

exit_failure_operation_impossible()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
    fi

    exit 3
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on failure returned by a tool application

exit_failure_operation_failed()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
    fi

    exit 4
}

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file

exit_failure_file_permission_read()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
    fi

    exit 5
}

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on insufficient permission to write a specified file

exit_failure_file_permission_write()
{
    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
    fi

    exit 6
}

check_input_file()
{
    if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
        exit_failure_file_missing "file '$1' does not exist"
    fi
    if [ ! -r "$1" ]; then
        exit_failure_file_permission_read "no permission to read file '$1'"
    fi
}

check_vendor_prefix()
{
    file_label="$2"
    [ -n "$file_label" ] || file_label="filename"
    file=`basename "$1"`
    case "$file" in
       [a-zA-Z]*-*)
         return
         ;;
    esac

    echo "xdg-open: $file_label '$file' does not have a proper vendor prefix" >&2
    echo 'A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated' >&2
    echo 'with a dash ("-"). An example '"$file_label"' is '"'example-$file'" >&2
    echo "Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info." >&2
    exit 1
}

check_output_file()
{
    # if the file exists, check if it is writeable
    # if it does not exists, check if we are allowed to write on the directory
    if [ -e "$1" ]; then
        if [ ! -w "$1" ]; then
            exit_failure_file_permission_write "no permission to write to file '$1'"
        fi
    else
        DIR=`dirname "$1"`
        if [ ! -w "$DIR" -o ! -x "$DIR" ]; then
            exit_failure_file_permission_write "no permission to create file '$1'"
        fi
    fi
}

#----------------------------------------
# Checks for shared commands, e.g. --help

check_common_commands()
{
    while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
        parm="$1"
        shift

        case "$parm" in
            --help)
            usage
            echo "Use 'man xdg-open' or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info."
            exit_success
            ;;

            --manual)
            manualpage
            exit_success
            ;;

            --version)
            echo "xdg-open 1.0.2"
            exit_success
            ;;
        esac
    done
}

check_common_commands "$@"

[ -z "${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL}" ] && unset XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL;
if [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL-0} -lt 1 ]; then
    # Be silent
    xdg_redirect_output=" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
else
    # All output to stderr
    xdg_redirect_output=" >&2"
fi

#--------------------------------------
# Checks for known desktop environments
# set variable DE to the desktop environments name, lowercase

detectDE()
{
    # see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34164
    unset GREP_OPTIONS

    if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
    elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
    elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
    elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
    elif xprop -root 2> /dev/null | grep -i '^xfce_desktop_window' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce
    fi

    if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
      # fallback to checking $DESKTOP_SESSION
      case "$DESKTOP_SESSION" in
         gnome)
           DE=gnome;
           ;;
         LXDE)
           DE=lxde; 
           ;;
         xfce|xfce4)
           DE=xfce;
           ;;
      esac
    fi

    if [ x"$DE" = x"gnome" ]; then
      # gnome-default-applications-properties is only available in GNOME 2.x
      # but not in GNOME 3.x
      which gnome-default-applications-properties > /dev/null 2>&1  || DE="gnome3"
    fi
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# kfmclient exec/openURL can give bogus exit value in KDE <= 3.5.4
# It also always returns 1 in KDE 3.4 and earlier
# Simply return 0 in such case

kfmclient_fix_exit_code()
{
    version=`kde${KDE_SESSION_VERSION}-config --version 2>/dev/null | grep '^KDE'`
    major=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE.*: \([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
    minor=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE.*: [0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
    release=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE.*: [0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
    test "$major" -gt 3 && return $1
    test "$minor" -gt 5 && return $1
    test "$release" -gt 4 && return $1
    return 0
}

# This handles backslashes but not quote marks.
first_word()
{
    read first rest
    echo "$first"
}

open_kde()
{
    if kde-open -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
        kde-open "$1"
    else
        if [ x"$KDE_SESSION_VERSION" = x"4" ]; then
            kfmclient openURL "$1"
        else
            kfmclient exec "$1"
            kfmclient_fix_exit_code $?
        fi
    fi

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

open_gnome()
{
    if gvfs-open --help 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
        gvfs-open "$1"
    else
        gnome-open "$1"
    fi

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

open_xfce()
{
    exo-open "$1"

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

open_generic_xdg_mime()
{
    filetype=`xdg-mime query filetype "$1" | sed "s/;.*//"`
    default=`xdg-mime query default "$filetype"`
    if [ -n "$default" ] ; then
        xdg_user_dir="$XDG_DATA_HOME"
        [ -n "$xdg_user_dir" ] || xdg_user_dir="$HOME/.local/share"

        xdg_system_dirs="$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
        [ -n "$xdg_system_dirs" ] || xdg_system_dirs=/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/

        for x in `echo "$xdg_user_dir:$xdg_system_dirs" | sed 's/:/ /g'`; do
            local file="$x/applications/$default"
            if [ -r "$file" ] ; then
                command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | first_word`"
                command_exec=`which $command 2>/dev/null`
                if [ -x "$command_exec" ] ; then
                    $command_exec "$1"
                    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        exit_success
                    fi
                fi
            fi
        done
    fi
}

open_generic()
{
    # Paths or file:// URLs
    if (echo "$1" | grep -q '^file://' ||
        ! echo "$1" | egrep -q '^[a-zA-Z+\.\-]+:'); then

        local file="$1"

        # Decode URLs
        if echo "$file" | grep -q '^file:///'; then
            file=${file#file://}
            file="$(printf "$(echo "$file" | sed -e 's@%\([a-f0-9A-F]\{2\}\)@\\x\1@g')")"
        fi
        check_input_file "$file"

        open_generic_xdg_mime "$file"

        if [ -f /etc/debian_version ] &&
            which run-mailcap 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
            run-mailcap --action=view "$file"
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                exit_success
            fi
        fi

        if mimeopen -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
            mimeopen -L -n "$file"
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                exit_success
            fi
        fi
    fi

    IFS=":"
    for browser in $BROWSER; do
        if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then

            browser_with_arg=`printf "$browser" "$1" 2>/dev/null`
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                browser_with_arg=$browser;
            fi

            if [ x"$browser_with_arg" = x"$browser" ]; then
                "$browser" "$1";
            else eval '$browser_with_arg'$xdg_redirect_output;
            fi

            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                exit_success;
            fi
        fi
    done

    exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$1'"
}

open_lxde()
{
    # pcmanfm only knows how to handle file:// urls and filepaths, it seems.
    if (echo "$1" | grep -q '^file://' ||
        ! echo "$1" | egrep -q '^[a-zA-Z+\.\-]+:')
    then
        local file="$(echo "$1" | sed 's%^file://%%')"

        # handle relative paths
        if ! echo "$file" | grep -q '^/'; then
            file="$(pwd)/$file"
        fi

        pcmanfm "$file"

    else
        open_generic "$1"
    fi

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

[ x"$1" != x"" ] || exit_failure_syntax

url=
while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
    parm="$1"
    shift

    case "$parm" in
      -*)
        exit_failure_syntax "unexpected option '$parm'"
        ;;

      *)
        if [ -n "$url" ] ; then
            exit_failure_syntax "unexpected argument '$parm'"
        fi
        url="$parm"
        ;;
    esac
done

if [ -z "${url}" ] ; then
    exit_failure_syntax "file or URL argument missing"
fi

detectDE

if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
    DE=generic
fi

# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chrome:$BROWSER
    fi
fi

case "$DE" in
    kde)
    open_kde "$url"
    ;;

    gnome*)
    open_gnome "$url"
    ;;

    xfce)
    open_xfce "$url"
    ;;

    lxde)
    open_lxde "$url"
    ;;

    generic)
    open_generic "$url"
    ;;

    *)
    exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$url'"
    ;;
esac
Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do?

Last edited by Amdx2_x64; 06-30-2011 at 01:47 PM.
 
Old 07-01-2011, 02:05 PM   #2
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you have

# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
Code:
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
Code:
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chrome:$BROWSER
    fi
fi
but it looks like your BROWSER varirable is not set to chromium so the following code is ignored

trial a
BROWSER=chromium
bevor the if statement

or leaf the compairison like in the original
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
 
Old 07-01-2011, 02:31 PM   #3
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Thank you. That was simple and made sense.

Original was:

Code:
# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium-browser:google-chrome:$BROW$
    fi
New one is:
Code:
# if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
    BROWSER=links2:links:lynx:w3m
    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium:google-chrome:$BROW$
    fi
As you directed I changed the "chromium-browser" to "chromium" It works perfectly with no errors now.


Thanks again.
 
Old 12-13-2017, 11:00 PM   #4
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See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755553#c9
for a full description of the problem and solutions..

However I do NOT recommend modifing the script, because the script will be restored next time you re-install the system, or they finally actually update the script properly.

The easiest work around is simply open your ".bashrc" and add a line like

export BROWSER="gvfs-open"

Where the command you pick is either a "web browser" or other "open file" that handles most files and URLs.

You can make that variable a list, but xdg-open generates errors rather than silently ignore 'missing programs'. Like I said its brain dead.

Even its BROWSER environment variables sanitiser code can fail in specific situations causing a infinite loop.

Last edited by A.Thyssen; 12-13-2017 at 11:26 PM.
 
  


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