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Since I switched to the snap version (--classic) of Intellij I can't open any external link (to web sites) from this app. Whenever I click a link I receive the following error:

Error - KIO Client

Unable to create io-slave. Can not create socket for launching io-slave for protocol 'https'.

Versions:

  • Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
  • KDE Frameworks 5.44.0
  • Qt 5.9.5 (built against 5.9.5)
  • snap 2.37.1.1+18.04
  • snapd 2.37.1.1+18.04
  • series 16
  • Ubuntu 18.04
  • Kernel 4.15.0-45-generic
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Roberto Morávia
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I'm not familiar with "KIO Client" and what it is.

But for myself, I needed to force the default Web Browser in KDE. Specifically I followed these steps.

  1. Open System Settings
  2. Under the Personalization section in the left menu, choose Applications then Default Applications.
  3. In the list of Default Applications, choose Web Browser
  4. From the Default Component section select In the Following Application and choose your preferred browser from the list.
  5. Click the Apply button.

For myself, my default component for the web browser was set to In an Application Based on the Contents of the URL -- which seems ideal, but then it doesn't see to resolve HTTPS to any application. I suspect changing this may have other unintended side effects.

Courtney Miles
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  • I had a similar problem where file links were failing when using Dolphin. To resolve it I followed Courtney's instructions but instead of web browser I chose file manager > Other and clicked Add to manually add in a path to Dolphin the path I used was 'dolphin %u'. This worked a treat. – Chris Nevill Aug 08 '19 at 12:46
  • Courtney's solution also helped with vscode setting sync via github. – srking Sep 16 '20 at 22:40
  • This answer also helped resolve a problem with a Lord Of The Rings Online "Open Store in External Browser" failure. It was giving a KIO Client SSL Negotiation Error, which is slightly different than the error in the question, but similar enough that it showed up in searches. – kbulgrien Oct 09 '20 at 05:54