Public bug reported: This should be an easy one, I've fixed it myself. Here's a snippet of ocrfeeder.desktop:
''' Exec=ocrfeeder -i %f ''' >From man page, "-i" tells ocrfeeder to interpret subsequent arguments as files to open, however since we're opening this from a menu, there are no additional arguments passed, so the program fails to launch (or else fails silently, haven't dug that far). I copied the packaged ocrfeeder.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/ocrfeeder.desktop as an override, and then modified it: ''' #Exec=ocrfeeder -i %f Exec=ocrfeeder ''' Now it opens as expected. I'm not sure what the intention was but I can't see how this would work other than by opening the program via a context menu in a file browser, where a file name would actually be passed... Looks like this may have been fixed upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/ocrfeeder/commit/f5f1b076993ec0ba94250f21051e049072c7e230 SYSTEM DATA: Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 ocrfeeder: Installed: 0.8.1-4 Candidate: 0.8.1-4 Version table: *** 0.8.1-4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ocrfeeder 0.8.1-4 ProcVersionSignature: Uname: Linux 5.0.19-19.05.27.amdgpu.ubuntu x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Tue Aug 6 12:33:29 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-11 (1547 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ocrfeeder UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2019-01-04 (214 days ago) ** Affects: ocrfeeder (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839179 Title: ocrfeeder ".desktop" file fails to properly launch program To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ocrfeeder/+bug/1839179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
