Version: 2.16 (using KDE 4.6.3) OS: Linux If I try to open a .deb I get a window pop up saying: Ark was unable to determine the archive type of the filename. Please choose the correct archive type below. If I then click on the correct type it opens the archive. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Right click on .deb file, select open with Ark. Expected Results: .deb file opened correctly in Ark.
I can not reproduce this issue using kubuntu 10.10 with kde 4.6.2 and branch kde 4.6.3 compiled from sources. Do you have application -> x-deb in System Settings -> Filetypes with Filename pattern=*.deb and Ark associated with this file type?
Yes that is what I have set up. In Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.5 it was working, now in Kubuntu 11.04 with KDE 4.6.3 it is not.
Using ark with a default installation of natty 11.04 / kde 4.6.2 / ark 2.16 in a virtual machine to open a *deb file I get the error dialog you reported as well, but there is no item "Debian package" in the list of archive types here. I have no idea what ubuntu package provides this item :(
I just downloaded the amd64 ark package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/ark and tried to open it with Ark itself and it worked (on FreeBSD). This looks like a packaging problem, as both the Debian and the Ubuntu 4.6.{2,3} packages seem to be lacking the kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.desktop file -- the same bug can probably be reproduced if you try to open an ISO image or a cpio archive. Could any of you Ubuntu/Debian users try to contact your distribution and make sure it is not their fault? For now, I'm closing this as a DOWNSTREAM problem, but will certainly reopen if this is not the case. Thank you.
Indeed it is a DOWNSTREAM problem, my virtual machine with natty 11.04 does not have the file kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.desktop. This file is in the package filelight -> packaging bug. @ Mark Fraser: As workaround please install the package fillight.
Ubuntu Bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeutils/+bug/797067
(In reply to comment #5) > Indeed it is a DOWNSTREAM problem, my virtual machine with natty 11.04 does not > have the file kerfuffle_libarchive_readonly.desktop. > This file is in the package filelight -> packaging bug. > > @ Mark Fraser: As workaround please install the package fillight. Do you mean the package filelight as I can't seem to find fillight?
Yes.