Public bug reported:
Whenever I download a proprietary application such as Adobe Air, Google
Earth or RealPlayer 11 ( these come in .bin ) I am not able to open them
with a simple double click, if I attempt this I get a message from
nautilus saying:
There is no application installed for this file type
So I right click the file, go to properties, go to the permissions tab
and checkmark the 'Allow executing file as a program' then I click
close. By doing this I hope that by double clicking the file the
installer will show up, but it does not, I get the same error.
There is no application installed for this file type
Obviously by running the chmod +x and ./FOO.bin commands by terminal I
can execute the installer, but a begginer or a Windows/Mac migrator wont
know this, nor he would like to go to the terminal to do such simple
task.
Nautilus should be able to recognize when a file has no execution
permissions and ask the user if he/she wishes to apply such permission
on a popup dialog and after this, nautilus should execute the installer
by itself. This would make the end user happier
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Permission issues
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221665
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