You can verify whether this is an issue with GNOME Software or your metadata by opening a terminal and running this command: appstreamcli what-provides mediatype application/epub+zip
If that yields results, it means that you have the metadata but GNOME Software doesn't read ir properly for some reason. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1991809 Title: App search based on mime type returns nothing Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When trying to open a file which has no apps associated in nautilus like a .epub You have the button " look for compatible apps" which is great however , gnome-software returns no apps for "application/epub+zip" mime type althou calibre and others can handle them is this a problem with appsstream ? I think THIS IS a very important feature .. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-software 41.5-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-48.54-generic 5.15.53 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Oct 5 16:34:08 2022 InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak 41.5-2ubuntu2 gnome-software-plugin-snap 41.5-2ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1991809/+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
