Actually it's not just about Empathy, but there are quite a few similar links to help documents of other applications which are not installed by default either. Not sure right now how it should best be dealt with.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-docs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591474 Title: In the Ubuntu desktop guide The URI ‘help:empathy/index’ does not point to a valid page. Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 ubuntu-docs: Installed: 16.04.3 Candidate: 16.04.3 Version table: *** 16.04.3 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status This bug relates to the following section of the Ubuntu help. Ubuntu Desktop Guide » Networking, web, e-mail & chat » Chat & Social Networking » Instant messaging on Ubuntu In this section the third paragraph (excluding the information box) contains the text: "For help with using Empathy, read the Empathy manual." where the words "Empathy manual" are a link. The expected action is that following this link would take you to a manual of the Empathy program. Instead following the link results in this error message: Document Not Found The URI ‘help:empathy/index’ does not point to a valid page. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-docs 16.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jun 11 09:46:31 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-06 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1591474/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp