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I'm using Kubuntu 19.10 and I have a problem with xdg-open.

Every link that redirects to an application doesn't work. For example slack links: I am on their website, when the link of accessing a workspace appear I only get the popup: "Open xdg-open?" and then nothing happens.

Same thing for zoom video calls. I click the link that should redirect me from the browser to the zoom application, same pop-up and nothing happens.

How can I fix it? The only thing that looks correct is the browser, so if I run in my terminal: xdg-open www.google.com it opens the window on my default browser

ste
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  • Also consider asking at https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/ or https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/. – DK Bose Dec 14 '19 at 13:28
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    Does this answer your question? How to set which application is launched by xdg-open? – Tejas Lotlikar Dec 14 '19 at 16:34
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    Not really, I have no problem with the browser settings I need to configure other programs (like Slack and Zoom) and I'm not sure how to do that – ste Dec 16 '19 at 19:37
  • Are you using Chromium? I have the same problem and I think it's related to a recent (forced) switch to using the Snap version of Chromium. If I copy and paste the https://app.slack.com/ssb/add?s=1&v=4.2.0 url into Firefox and sign in, then the xdg-open bit succeeds. – EoghanM Jan 29 '20 at 09:22
  • Having the same issue with LXDE + 20.04. Many programs affected also like Slack, Discord, and Zoom. If I run xdg-open URL manually in a terminal I simply get an error message with my home/user prepended to the URL path (so it obviously fails) – Daniel Rosehill Apr 22 '20 at 12:06

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I had the same problem. I run Debian Buster
Stevel's answer here on the Linux stack exchange helped me solve it.

To elaborate on how to apply the fix.

  1. Open up the the xdg-open file as a superuser so you can edit and save the file.
    You should find the file at usr/bin/xdr-open
    Alternatively run the command which xdg-open in your terminal to find the path to the xdg-open file
  2. Find the line that reads if pcmanfm --help >/dev/null 2>&1 -a is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then using Ctrl+F or however you want.
  3. Edit the -a on that line to &&
    Your edited line should read if pcmanfm --help >/dev/null 2>&1 && is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then
  4. Save and test.

Good luck!

Graham Hewett
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  • I change the file accordingly but it didn't change anything :( – ste Jan 14 '20 at 13:32
  • This line should only be evaluated in case your desktop environment is LXDE (e.g. default in Lubuntu), not KDE (default on Kubuntu). – T. Verron Mar 31 '20 at 15:31
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    My line was already the correct one. So, still have the problem that can't open Zoom - at final step get stuck saying "Open xdg-open". And, when I click this option nothing happens. Hmmmmm – Duncan Jun 22 '20 at 11:27
  • Same - my line was already correct, but nothing happens with xdg-open. Can't open Zoom or similar. Same result in both Chrome and Firefox. Only since upgrading from Linux Mint 19 to 20. – qwa Sep 15 '20 at 20:00