[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
This is still present in Nautilus on Ubuntu 18.04.
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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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
I believe current bug report describes only a particular case of this Nautilus
bug. As I noticed Nautilus just doesn't detect 64 bit binaries as programs.
Just boot (live session) 32 bit Ubuntu, go with Nautilus to /usr/bin . All 32
bit binaries are detected as executable binaries. Nautilus is using the program
icon for all 32 binaries, and double click on any binary will start this
program.
Now do the same with Ubuntu 64. Go to /usr/bin . All binaries are detected as
"shared library" files. Nautilus is using a generic icon for all 64 bit
binaries, and double click on any brings the above message:
Could not display "...program name...". There is no application installed for
"shared library" files. Do you want to search for an application to open this
file?
Ironically 32 bit binaries are detected as executable binaries even in 64 bit
Ubuntu. Nautilus is using program icons, and double click would start the
program ( if only we have 32 bit libraries, used in this program).
I didn't try to check sources, it could be something very simple. This problem
is also in Nautilus fork, Nemo. Nemo behaves in the same way: 32 bit binaries
are detected as executable binaries, when 64 bit are not. Nemo gives another
message:
A Unknown file type
The file "..program name..." has no known programs associated with it. If you
trust the source of this file, and have sufficient permissions, you can mark it
executable and launch it. Or, you can use the OpenWith dialog to pick a program
to associate it with.
So, Nemo behaves way better, we can run the program, just after this message
click the button "Make executable and run". But anyway Nemo has the same
Nautilus bug by not detecting 64 binaries. .
Of course, Dolphin doesn't have anything of this kind.
I am planning to test Nautilus on another 64 Linux distributions and I will
create another bug report, making it more generic.
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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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
** Changed in: nautilus
Status: Confirmed => Unknown
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
** Changed in: nautilus
Status: Unknown => Confirmed
** Changed in: nautilus
Importance: Unknown => Medium
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in Nautilus:
Confirmed
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
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.
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Also affects: nautilus via
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737849
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737849
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #737849
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737849
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
Executables are now linked with the -pie option, which lead to a file
type that is nearly indistinguishable from a shared library. I learned
that this is an expected consequence.
The only difference is the presence of an 'interpreter' for executable
files, but nothing forbids a .so to have an 'interpreter' too (for
example the libc.so on my system has one):
$ file plop.so:
plop.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically
linked
$ file plop.ex:
plop.ex: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically
linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32
In conclusion we should look into Nautilus to solve the issue (I closed
the bug for gcc).
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
I opened that bug for gcc: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/gcc-defaults/+bug/1635706
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
message
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
I did a test. I built the same program with gcc5 and gcc6, then I
compared the output of "readelf -a". It happens that Nautilus is right.
gcc on Ubuntu 16.10 creates a shared library by default instead of an
executable (the Type field in the ELF header is different).
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double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
@Khurshid Alam:
- a.out has execution permission
- the expected result is: no error message (I updated the bug description)
Obviously the a.out does nothing. I gave the most minimal way to
reproduce the problem. I could put an example of a program that opens a
window I you think it would make the bug easier to understand.
I have several projects I built recently since I installed Ubuntu 16.10
and they all gave me executables I cannot launch from Nautilus. There is
no problem when I launch them from a terminal.
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double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
** Description changed:
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
+ 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?
** Description changed:
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.
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Title:
double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
Does a.out have execution permission? What is the expected result? Open
terminal and show output of a.out?
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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
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?
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1635376] Re: double-clicking on an executable created with gcc6 opens an error message
** Description changed:
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
Actual result: Nautilus displays an error message:
Could not display "a.out".
- There is no application installed for executable files.
+ There is no application installed for shared library files.
Do you want to search for an application to open this file?
** Attachment added: "Error message (in french)"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1635376/+attachment/4764546/+files/nautilus-double-click-exec.png
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Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
New
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
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?
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