Might be missing SSL support in some library or tool, or a failure to access that particular server - the file-uri plug-in can be built to use through gvfs, libcurl or wget, cf. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/plug-ins/file- uri/Makefile.am?h=gimp-2-8#n26
My bet for the Ubuntu packages is on gvfs, as the gimp package doesn't seem to have a dependency on libcurl or wget. I'm not running Ubuntu and thus can't check, though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649428 Title: Cannot open file from https location (URL) Status in gimp package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If I try, I get this GIMP message: Opening 'https://[...]' failed: Could not load 'https://[...]': Failed to open file 'https://[...]': open() failed: No such file or directory Most of the time, I can manually edit the URL to read http://[...] and I can open the document as expected. The bug is a security vulnerability because it forces users to use unsecure communication. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy gimp gimp: Installed: 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.8.16-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1649428/+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
