** Description changed: Binary package hint: evince - I just got an electronic reader and discovered that the new standard - e-book format EPUB can't be read by any program in Ubuntu. It would be a - good thing if the default document reader, Evince, could support this - type of file. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) + Release: 15.04 - http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22282 + 2) apt-cache policy evince + evince: + Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one attempts to open an epub file + via evince, it does so successfully. + + 4) What happens instead with the example attachment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/241736/+attachment/4280564/+files/EPUBBestPractices-1_0.epub is evince notes: + File type electronic book document (application/epub+zip) is not supported
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241736 Title: support EPUB format To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/241736/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs