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Trying to install plasma-discover software from appstream://org.kde.discover.desktop but Firefox doesn't understand appstream

bob_brookshire
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Getting the message "Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (appstream) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context. You might need to install other software to open this address."

Getting the message "Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (appstream) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context. You might need to install other software to open this address."

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Could you try creating a new preference along the lines of this method for getting Firefox to recognize the magnet: protocol: https://medium.com/@alexadam/how-to-open-magnet-links-in-firefox-5db1e14716ac (change magnet to appstream).

Does that help?

bob_brookshire
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This worked to start the application launcher, but I think what I need is just to download the content. What setting do I change to get it to open the download dialog?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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bob_brookshire said

This worked to start the application launcher, but I think what I need is just to download the content. What setting do I change to get it to open the download dialog?

I don't know whether that is an option.