This problem occurred after upgrading from Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 to 17.10. Deluge is version 1.3.15.
When I click a magnet link in Chrome, deluge-gtk opens but it doesn't add the link or start downloading. There's lots of solutions around for older versions, but none of them work for me.
If I run gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/magnet deluge.desktop
I get:
This tool has been deprecated, use 'gio mime' instead.
See 'gio help mime' for more info.
gio: Unknown option --set
So then if I try gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet deluge.desktop
it tells me:
Set deluge.desktop as the default for x-scheme-handler/magnet
I also tried running xdg-mime default deluge.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet
.
When I use xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/magnet
it shows deluge.desktop
as expected.
In /usr/share/applications
I have a deluge.desktop
file, and I think these are the relevant lines:
TryExec=deluge-gtk
Exec=deluge-gtk %U
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
In ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
I have:
x-scheme-handler/magnet=deluge.desktop
in the [Default Applications]
section.
I also tried reinstalling deluge - and now I'm out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers!