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[ Brandon Holtsclaw ]
* Removed searchhandlers from being installed to hide the search tab in
khelpcenter4 (htdig broken/not in main) Closes (LP: #197
If someone decides the resolution of this bug is really to disable the
Search tab rather than make htdig a dependency...
From
http://lxr.kde.org/source/KDE/kdebase/runtime/khelpcenter/searchengine.cpp#217
, if you don't have anything useful in
${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/khelpcenter/searchhandlers , then
Harald, I value your comments and blog, but this bug is about KDE help
search failing because of htdig. In my experience as a n00b with
Jaunty, installing htdig didn't "drag in more horrible junk", it simply
made KHC search work -- badly, but FAR better than total failure. I
humbly submit that the
I see the problem is that htdig is not supported and maintained, yet to
properly work, khelpcenter should depend on it. I don't think Kubuntu
should depend on something unmaintained, but I think it is detrimental
to Ubuntu to expose a feature that is non-functionnal.
I think the middle ground wou
I find Harald's response troubling and totally agree with Myriam. I
don't use the help system much any more, but new users and what she
describes as "basic" users, need a working help system.
With all of the "horrible junk" already a part of the default kubuntu
install, a working help system seem
A higher priority does not change the fact that Kubuntu does not have
the resources, nor does any team member have interest to rewrite
KHelpCenter. Same applies for KDE.
Just adding htdig is not the solutions as it was probably stated in some
comment above that it is horrible junk, dragging in mor
This bug is here since 2005, could we put it in higher priority please? Not
having a working KDE help system for the basic user in Kubuntu is really not
acceptable.
The workaround is doable, but this is hardly something one can expect from a
basic user who already has a hard time finding his/he
The completely broken Help Search continues with KHelpCenter 4.2.2 (KDE
4.2.3) in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty (amd64). htdig is STILL not a dependency
of KDE packages or khelpcenter4. KPackageKit lists a "htdig -
1:3.2.0b6-8"; its Required by is empty, as is its File List (??!).
I installed this htdig p
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The following file
"~/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index/kde_application_manuals.tmp/docbookparser"
is where the show stops.
It needs line 1 changed from
#! /bin/sh
to
#! /bin/bash
The above file's created from inside the following python script
"/usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl"
T
Cyril BUQUET,
Unfortunately the failure you're having is another example of dash
breaking something.
I did what you suggested
1) sudo apt-get install htdig
2) sudo vi /usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl
>>> change : my $findpath = "$kdekdehtmldir/$lang/";
>>> with : my $findpath = "$kdehtmldir/$lang/";
Same for Hardy,
I use this solution :
1) sudo apt-get install htdig
2) sudo vi /usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl
>>> change : my $findpath = "$kdekdehtmldir/$lang/";
>>> with : my $findpath = "$kdehtmldir/$lang/";
(line 94)
Result :
INDEXDIR: /home/cyril/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index/
FINDCMD
Still fails in Hardy,
And after installing htdig it still fails, problem is still what Rocco said:
"Looks like a typo on line 94 of /usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl - $kdekdehtmldir
should be $kdehtmldir."
Editing that fixes the problem.
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So in the meantime, until this is fixed, is the way to get the search
index in KDE help center to work to install htdig, and then enter "sudo
ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh" like Guillaume said?
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You re
The KDE helpcenter (KDE version 3.5.8) still has no working search
facility after the release of Gutsy Gibbon.Apparently, the reason is
the missing htdig search system that is not installed as it is not
maintained anymore. As has been mentioned 9 months ago by another poster
in this bug report,
This bug is still present on Gutsy, additionaly you must do "sudo ln -sf
/bin/bash /bin/sh" to make it work.
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I think this bug should have a much higher priority.
Imagine you know little about Linux, or even about any kind of operating
system. You install Kubuntu because you want a nice user-friendly
desktop environment, but the help system upon which you depend to find
your way around won't answer your q
I don't know if this would be part of this same bug or not but...
After I installed htdig, opned KDE Help Center and built the search
index, it appared to do so, but with the following errors.:
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X Error: BadDevice, invalid or
And another confirmation..
I'm running (K)Ubuntu Feisty (i386)
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Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open dev
Sarah thanks for the additional information that is good to know.
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it's installable, but that does not mean it's being maintained. The
debian maintainer orphaned this package long ago, and until this package
has someone who wants to maintain it (and fix the CVE's for it), it will
not make it into main, hence it wont be able to be a dependancy.
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Richard - What do you mean htdig is no longer maintained? It is
installable in Feisty ( htdig | 1:3.2.0b6-3 |
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages ) and it seems
that making it a dependency would resolve this issue.
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This is still an issue with Feisty Fawn Herd 5.
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This will always be a problem because htdig is no longer maintained, and
hasn't been maintained. BUT... We can some how grab the version OpenSUSE
uses as it works great there, or we work with the Strigi guys to get it
implemented into KHelpCenter. This is what we are currently working on
with the K
@Christian,
Done. Thanks for pointing it out.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #313375
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** Also affects: kdebase (Debian) via
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Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
Note that bug 36865 has a debian bug watch that is missing from here.
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Adding a "me too" to Ryans error. This was a problem on Dapper as well
as Edgy(kubuntu RC, KDE 3.5.5). My personal inclination is to mark this
bugs priority as High (even though it is an easy [I think] fix). IMHO,
it is pretty severe when you can not create a search index for the help
files.
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This fixes the aforementioned issue, but not the original bug.
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Problem originates in debian/patches/25_khelp_htdig.diff in kdebase.
That doesn't solve this bug, but htdig will fail no matter what until
it's fixed.
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Actually it fails with or without htdig. Looks like a typo on line 94
of /usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl - $kdekdehtmldir should be $kdehtmldir.
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Same experience as Ryan. It claims to have completed successfully, but
if you view the details, there's the error.
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I'm testing this in edgy as well.
I'm also probably testing this wrong, but instead of the error you
provided, I got this error:
"
Failed to open device
Global symbol "$kdekdehtmldir" requires explicit package name at
/usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl line 94.
Execution of /usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl ab
I'm testing this in edgy.
I'm either testing it wrong, or it's been fixed.
Can someone else confirm this bug on edgy, with kde 3.5.4?
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I can verify this bug in Kubuntu Dapper.
INDEXDIR: /home/nathano/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index/
FINDCMD: find /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/ -name index.docbook
Creating index for 'kde_application_manuals'
htdig failed
Installing htdig through apt, I'm informed that the htdig package has
been sp
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