Evolution 3.26.1

[Sigurd]

Hi,
I have installed Evolution 3.26.1 with Kubuntu 17.10. It runs. But I cannot open links to websites. I always get the message "Could not open the link" and "Operation not supported". Evolution 3.22. had no problem to open links to websites. How can I open links that are inserted in emails?
Kind regards,
Sigurd

[oshunluvr]

Since Kubuntu is built on QT and Evolution isn't, you might be missing some GTK stuff. What the output of:

gvfs-mime --query x-scheme-handler/http

[Sigurd]

Hi oshunluvr,

This is the result of gvfs-mime --query x-scheme-handler/http:
gvfs-mime --query x-scheme-handler/http
This tool has been deprecated, use 'gio mime' instead.
See 'gio help mime' for more info.

gio: Unknown option --query

Usage:
gio mime MIMETYPE [HANDLER]

Get or set the handler for a mimetype.

If no handler is given, lists registered and recommended applications
for the mimetype. If a handler is given, it is set as the default
handler for the mimetype.

Kind regards,
Sigurd

[oshunluvr]

Ok, so use gio to set the mimetype handler. I don't haave gio on my system, but I assume it's something like

gio mime http <path to firefox desktop file>

[Sigurd]

Solved

Hi oshunluvr,

Thank you for your help. I appreciate it very much.
I was trying many things with such a link and i found out how it works. In previous versions of Evolution I simple made a left double-click on the link and the default browser started showing the linked webpage. If I do so in this recent version of Evolution I am getting the message I told about above. But if I make a right-click on the link a fly-out menu appears with a line for opening the link in the browser. And that menu option works. So, everything is fine and works.
Kind regards,
Sigurd

[Sigurd]

Hi,
since I had to reinstall Kubuntu completely new links embedded in emails do not work at all. So I went to the mail-list of Evolution. I got the advice to install gvfs. I checked it and it wasn't installed. I did the install. Now everything is working fine. With a left double-click on the link in an email the default browser starts and shows the right website.
Finally the problem is solved.
Regards,
Sigurd