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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Xdg-open should use kde-open instead of kfmclient

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xdg-utils

  In /usr/bin/xdg-open, open_kde attempts to use the kfmclient binary to
  open the provided URI. Kfmclient is according to Ubuntu package
  database
  (http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=kfmclient&mode=exactfilename&suite=lucid&arch=any),
  only available in the konqueror package, and in the kdebase-dbg (only
  in PATH from the Konqueror package).

  Neither of these two packages is a natural requirement for basic xdg-
  open functionality under a KDE-environment. Currently, unless the user
  has Konqueror installed, xdg-open falls back to open_generic
  sidestepping any KDE-configs.

  However, KDE does have a similar utility, kde-open, which does the
  same thing as xdg-open, and should be used instead of kfmclient.

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