Bug#820478: okular-extra-backends: cannot open epub even with extra-backends package installed
Package: okular-extra-backends
Version: 4:15.08.3-1
Severity: normal
Hello,
I have just installed the okular-extra-backends package and
am unable to open .epub files with Okular, which the package
description says I should be able to do.
When I try to open any ePub document I get a dialog saying:
"Could not open /path/to/myfile.epub" (replace with proper path)
The main UI window also indicates: "Can not find a plugin which is
able to handle the document being passed".
Let me know what I can do to help fix and test this. After installing
the extra-backends package ePub files have been associated with
Okular, which they weren't before so it's further indication that
the program should be able to handle them.
The files open fine on fbreader.
I'd also like to question why isn't the extra-backends package
recommended instead of suggested (which would make it install
by default on some package managers like aptitude). Especially
due to the epub capability I think it should be recommended, as
I see many people on the web ask about epub readers for Linux
and Okular's premise of being a all-in-one reader makes it perfect
as an ebook reader.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages okular-extra-backends depends on:
ii libc6 2.22-5
ii libchm1 2:0.40a-3+b1
ii libdjvulibre21 3.5.27.1-5
ii libepub0 0.2.2-4+b1
ii libkdecore5 4:4.14.14-1+b1
ii libkdeui5 4:4.14.14-1+b1
ii libkhtml5 4:4.14.14-1+b1
ii libkio5 4:4.14.14-1+b1
ii libokularcore6 4:15.08.3-1
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.7+dfsg-6
ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-6
ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.7+dfsg-6
ii libstdc++6 5.3.1-13
ii libtiff5 4.0.6-1
Versions of packages okular-extra-backends recommends:
ii okular 4:15.08.3-1
okular-extra-backends suggests no packages.
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