Public bug reported:
Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu MATE installed
2. Open Caja, navigate to
/usr/share/applications/
3. Click on Vim
Expected result:
* Vim is launched
Actual result:
* Vim is not launched, the error window is shown with text "There was an error
launching the application."
Notes:
the /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop refers to `vim` executable which is not
installed.
The /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop came from
```
$ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop
vim-common: /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop
$ aptitude why vim-common
i vim-tiny Depends vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2)
$ aptitude why vim-tiny
i ubuntu-minimal Depends vim-tiny
```
So it is a dependency issue. Having vim.desktop without installed `vim`
executable is useless.
All Ubuntu versions are affected.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-minimal 1.361.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-46.49~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Jul 11 11:05:44 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-07 (703 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20170801)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic eoan focal groovy xenial
** Also affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Clicking on preinstalled /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop ends
with "There was an error launching the application." and Vim is not
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