Bug 144099 - Missing x-scheme-handler association at install avoid online edit from browser
Summary: Missing x-scheme-handler association at install avoid online edit from browser
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Reported: 2021-08-26 08:22 UTC by Christopher POTTER
Modified: 2025-08-30 06:00 UTC (History)
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Description Christopher POTTER 2021-08-26 08:22:02 UTC
If you try to launch Libreoffice from a web application on Ubuntu (other distro also), you will get a :

- "Failed to launch 'ms-word:" "scheme does not have a registered handler" 
or
- "Failed to launch 'vnd.libreoffice.command:" "scheme does not have a registered handler"

depending of the launch method.

You can also show the problem from the command line :

$ xgd-open ms-word:ofe|u|https://serveraddress/path/to/file.docx
or
$ xgd-open vnd.libreoffice.command:ofe|u|https://serveraddress/path/to/file.docx

$ "gio: the specified location is not supported"

Environment : Ubuntu 20.04LTS, Libreoffice 6.5.7.2 and 7.1.5 

At linux install, Libreoffice should register for URI by :

$ xdg-mime default libreoffice-writer.desktop x-scheme-handler/vnd.libreoffice.command
$ xdg-mime default libreoffice-writer.desktop x-scheme-handler/ms-word
$ sudo update-desktop-database

or course this has to be done for other format (spreadsheet,...)
Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2025-08-30 06:00:19 UTC
Several new major versions have been released since your report. Do you still encounter this problem with current version?

Set to needinfo, please set it back to unconfirmed if the issue is still there, or worksforme if not.

Best regards. JBF