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    Question Getting magnet links to work with Vuze in Ubuntu 12.04

    I've been trying for the last week to get magnet links to work with Vuze in Ubuntu 12.

    I took the following steps (all done as root):

    gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/command "/usr/bin/vuze %s"
    gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/needs_terminal false -t bool
    gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/enabled true

    Then I removed the magnet association from transmission-gtk.desktop and copied in the below vuze.desktop before updating the database like so:

    update-desktop-database

    Clicking on a magnet link opens vuze, but doesn't open the magnet link. Vuze doesn't even seem to receive the parameter.

    How do I get my magnet links to work???

    TECHNICAL INFO:

    Browser: Chromium
    Vuze version: 4.7.0.2/4 az2 (installed at /_programs/vuze/)
    Ubuntu version: 12.04 with Gnome Shell installed, using Gnome Classic shell

    Relevant config files:

    /usr/bin/vuze
    Simlinks to /_programs/vuze/vuze

    /usr/share/applications/vuze.desktop
    [Desktop Entry]
    Categories=Java;Network;FileTransfer;P2P
    Comment[en_US]=Multimedia Bittorrent Client
    Comment=Multimedia Bittorrent Client
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Exec=vuze %u
    GenericName[en_US]=Multimedia Bittorrent Client
    GenericName=Multimedia Bittorrent Client
    Icon=vuze.png
    MimeType=x-scheme-handler/magnet;application/x-bittorrent;
    Name[en_US]=Vuze
    Name=Vuze
    Path=/_programs/vuze/
    StartupNotify=true
    Terminal=false
    TerminalOptions=
    Type=Application
    X-DBUS-ServiceName=
    X-DBUS-StartupType=
    X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
    X-KDE-Username=
    Last edited by sienile; July 14th, 2012 at 05:50 PM. Reason: calm now :P

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    Question Re: Getting magnet links to work with Vuze in Ubuntu 12.04

    Never mind... I figured it out myself. I needed to be calling "azureus %U" instead of vuze.
    Last edited by sienile; July 15th, 2012 at 12:37 AM. Reason: found the answer!!!

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    Re: Getting magnet links to work with Vuze in Ubuntu 12.04

    Can you explain how to do this for a noob? I'm a little confused.

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