Have the same issue FWIW. Even many apps that ship with Ubuntu can't be clicked anymore. If nothing else perhaps keying of 'interpreter' would be more reasonable as none of the shared libraries I've checked have one.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635376 Title: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message Status in Nautilus: Unknown Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Ubuntu 16.10 x64 with Nautilus 3.20.3 * Open a terminal * Install gcc: sudo apt install build-essential * Build an executable: printf "int main() { return 1; }" | gcc -x c - * Open a Nautilus window on the current directory: nautilus . * Double-click on the generated executable: a.out Expected result: Nautilus starts the executable. No error is displayed. Actual result: Nautilus displays an error message: Could not display "a.out". There is no application installed for shared library files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file? Also, all executable files compiled with gcc6 have a generic icon instead of the purple lozenge. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1635376/+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