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Bug 398874 - Better error message when executable isn't installed
Better error message when executable isn't installed
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: file-roller-maint
file-roller-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-01-20 23:08 UTC by Sven Arvidsson
Modified: 2020-11-11 19:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Sven Arvidsson 2007-01-20 23:08:38 UTC 
This is Debian bug 223019
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=223019

The "Archive type not supported" message a user is shown when a certain executable , like unrar, isn't installed could be expanded on. Preferably it should explain that the user need to install additional software packages to gain this functionality.

I'm not sure what would be good wording, but maybe something like "To extract this file you need the unrar program installed".
Comment 1 André Klapper 2020-11-11 19:13:40 UTC 
bugzilla.gnome.org is being replaced by gitlab.gnome.org. We are closing all old bug reports and feature requests in GNOME Bugzilla which have not seen updates for a long time.

If you still use file-roller and if you still see this bug / want this feature in a currently supported version of GNOME (currently that would be 3.38), then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/

Thank you for creating this report and we are sorry it could not be implemented (volunteer workforce and time is limited).