OK so I'm opening a little can of worms here, but some things just need to be done.
gdebi needs to run as root to install packages. Firefox is (hopefully) NOT running as root. This is a HUGELY important issue for everyday end-users - they click, they expect things to work. There may well be a program out there already that works properly given nothing more than an URL. If so, the right answer for this bug is "use that program" instead - so if you know what the right answer is, speak up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280623 Title: .deb association with gdebi doesn't work in firefox Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm using a fresh intrepid install with an empty firefox profile. Steps to reproduce : 1) Click on a link to a .deb package (for example one of those available http://packages.ubuntu.com/fr/intrepid/i386/pidgin/download) 2) Firefox correctly asks you if you want to use gdebi to run this file 3) Click on OK Expected results : gdebi is executed and can install the package Actual results : An error is shown saying that the helper application cannot be found (see capture) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/280623/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
