Want to change Nautilus 'send to' prefs

[Dalani]

I want to change the default email application used for the file 'send to' recipient feature in Nautilus. I would like to use Gaim or Mutt to handle such file transfers instead of Evolution.

any help would be appreciated.
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[jens]

Open your terminal and type(as your normal user):

gnome-default-applications-properties

You can also start it from your menu (Preferred Applications).

[Dalani]

I did that of course. But Nautilus 2.10 does not recongnize that adjustment. When I use the nautilus browser, 'send-to' option is evolution. Preferences for Nautilus don't show an option to switch default mail client.

[jens]

I did that of course. But Nautilus 2.10 does not recongnize that adjustment. When I use the nautilus browser, 'send-to' option is evolution. Preferences for Nautilus don't show an option to switch default mail client.

Select "Custum" in "Mail Reader"(second tab) and add the right command yourself(workes for me).

[Dalani]

Yes like I said I did do that. But only apps Firefox or others recognize the change. But Nautilus still only shows evolution as the mail app.

[jens]

Yes like I said I did do that. But only apps Firefox or others recognize the change. But Nautilus still only shows evolution as the mail app.

Works fine for me

PS ...but what exactly do you mean by "Nautilus still only shows evolution" (you should be able to add as many entries as you like)?

PS PS: you don't happen to mean how to link the icon on your bar with an other app...?

[Dalani]

FYI: I'm using 5.04 Ubuntu Nautilus 2.10

Now in the file browser, when I select send-to only evolution shows up. I had set Mutt as my default email client and that works in all other apps (eg Firefox) and I can pick form several choices in desktop prefs 'preferred apps' menu. But Like I said, againand again, Nautilus does not send via my selection.

[louisgag]

I have the same problem in Edgy with thunderbird. My default application is set to mozilla-thunderbird but the "send to" command opens evolution.

[Ba66e77]

I'm having the same issue. I haven't tried it yet, but this page http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/...g-thunderbird/ claims to have the fix

[louisgag]

I'm having the same issue. I haven't tried it yet, but this page http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/...g-thunderbird/ claims to have the fix

The binary did not work for me in ubuntu 6.10 and the src couldn't help me neither since I got stuck at the ./configure stage with a linux NAUTILUS_SENDTO_CFLAGS NAUTILUS_SENDTO_LIBS / PKG_CONFIG_PATH problem.

louis@louis-desktop:~/bin/nautilus-sendto-0.8$ ./configurechecking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
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checking for gfortran... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether  accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory
GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory
GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for NAUTILUS_SENDTO... configure: error: Package requirements (        glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0                        gthread-2.0 >= 2.4.0                   gmodule-2.0 >= 2.4.0                     gtk+-2.0    >= 2.4.0                   libglade-2.0 >= 2.5.1                    libbonobo-2.0 >= 2.13.0                libgnome-2.0 >= 2.13.0           libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.13.0                bonobo-activation-2.0 >= 2.13.0         libnautilus-extension >= 2.13.3         gconf-2.0 >= 2.13.0) were not met:

No package 'glib-2.0' found
No package 'gthread-2.0' found
No package 'gmodule-2.0' found
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
No package 'libglade-2.0' found
No package 'libbonobo-2.0' found
No package 'libgnome-2.0' found
No package 'libgnomeui-2.0' found
No package 'bonobo-activation-2.0' found
No package 'libnautilus-extension' found
No package 'gconf-2.0' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables NAUTILUS_SENDTO_CFLAGS
and NAUTILUS_SENDTO_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.