Ubuntu
epiphany-browser package

suggest to install the proper package if a plugin is missing

Bug #36544 reported by Alexis ROBERT
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
firefox (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Mozilla Bugs

Bug Description

I went to a page which required the Flash player with epiphany, and it suggested me to install the plugin, i just had to click.

But ... nothing happens ...

I think we should remove the "Click here to download plugin." and replace it by a better label (like "You must have the correct plugin to view this."), or re-activate the plugin system.

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Guillaume Desmottes (cassidy) wrote :

I agree, it would be great if epiphany could explain how to install the plugin's package using synaptic, or even better, propose to download and install it.

Changed in epiphany-browser:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote : Re: We should suggest to install the proper package is a plugin is missing

I agree. This technique seems to be the subject of several specifications, notably easy-codec-installation, and I've added it to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/CommonInstallHook

It's also a bug in other browsers, so for a start I'm opening a task on firefox.

Changed in firefox:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I'm confirming this bug.

In Firefox: Firefox already says install missing plugins, but this fails! (e.g. java and flash). This is not very professional.

Firefox should be able to work together with the package manager and install the package.

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Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Assigning to Mozilla Team.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → mozillateam
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

This need some development on the plugin finder service. Though upstream cannot directly make use of that feature, there should probably be hooks in upstream code to allow distributors to extend plugin finder service in such a way, that users get suggestions on packages as well.

David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: mozillateam → mozilla-bugs
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in firefox:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Stéphane Loeuillet (leroutier) wrote :

Now that Ubufox exists (for Firefox at least), couldn't this bug be marked as fixed ?

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote :

I would say that Firefox is now "Fixed".

Epiphany is not. I just tested Hardy Alpha 3. Gobuntu uses epiphany by default, so I tested this. Epiphany still exhibits this bug ( also mentioned in Bug #32294 - that bug has an upstream link to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301465 ).

The goals of http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/FeatureDesign/PluginInstallation would seem to be achieved by creating an epiphany add-on that provided the equivalent functionality to that already present in Firefox.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 36544] Re: suggest to install the proper package if a plugin is missing

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:01:34AM -0000, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> I would say that Firefox is now "Fixed".
>
> Epiphany is not. I just tested Hardy Alpha 3. Gobuntu uses epiphany by
> default, so I tested this. Epiphany still exhibits this bug ( also
> mentioned in Bug #32294 - that bug has an upstream link to
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301465 ).
>
> The goals of
> http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/FeatureDesign/PluginInstallation would
> seem to be achieved by creating an epiphany add-on that provided the
> equivalent functionality to that already present in Firefox.
>

obviously this isn't a firefox bug ... closing firefox bug-target.

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 statis invalid

 - Alexander

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Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier) wrote :

Actually marking the FireFox task as invalid as per Alexander Sack's intentions.

Changed in firefox:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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