** Description changed: Binary package hint: evince - I just got an electronic reader and discovered that the new standard - e-book format EPUB can't be read by any program in Ubuntu. It would be a - good thing if the default document reader, Evince, could support this - type of file. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) + Release: 15.04 - http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22282 + 2) apt-cache policy evince + evince: + Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one attempts to open an epub file + via evince, it does so successfully. + + 4) What happens instead with the example attachment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/241736/+attachment/4280564/+files/EPUBBestPractices-1_0.epub is evince notes: + File type electronic book document (application/epub+zip) is not supported
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241736 Title: support EPUB format Status in Evince document viewer: Confirmed Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: evince 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 2) apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen is when one attempts to open an epub file via evince, it does so successfully. 4) What happens instead with the example attachment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/241736/+attachment/4280564/+files/EPUBBestPractices-1_0.epub is evince notes: File type electronic book document (application/epub+zip) is not supported To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/241736/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp