Installed version 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 and tested with "browse <site>". Everything worked as expected.
Thanks all. $ sudo apt-get install xdg-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.4.0-51 linux-headers-4.4.0-51-generic linux-image-4.4.0-51-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-51-generic ubuntu-core-launcher Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be upgraded: xdg-utils 1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 189 not to upgrade. Need to get 59.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 xdg-utils all 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 [59.7 kB] Fetched 59.7 kB in 0s (975 kB/s) (Reading database ... 340719 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../xdg-utils_1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking xdg-utils (1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) over (1.1.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up xdg-utils (1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1) ... will@malfunctioning-eddie:~$ browse http://www.google.co.uk will@malfunctioning-eddie:~$ Created new window in existing browser session. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624022 Title: Alias 'browse' to xdg-open Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdg-utils source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] The 'sensible-browser' and 'xdg-open' commands are very useful, but it's a bit unwieldy to use everywhere in docs. How about aliasing to the simple 'browse', so I can recommend things like: sudo apt install foo; browse http://locahost:2022/ That would be crisp clean and friendly for current users. [Test Case] There is currently no simple 'browse' command. [Regression Potential] None. There are no name collisions with /usr/bin/browse in Debian or Ubuntu. [ Other Info ] Although the original request was to alias 'sensible-browser' it was decided that 'xdg-open' has the more consistent behaviour (in terms of selecting the correct web browser to use) and also falls back to 'sensible-browser'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1624022/+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
