Can't open LibreOffice documents on a SMB shared folder (GVFS-related?)

Lubuntu Support
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There are two files
A) a desktop file - which is really just a launcher
and
B) a script which (A) will call.

This is where you put A (it starts from your home dir)
~/.local/share/applications/pcmanfm_open_libreoffice.desktop

This is what is inside A

[Desktop Entry]
Name=pcmanfm_open_libreoffice
GenericName=pcmanfm_open_libreoffice
Exec=/usr/local/bin/pcmanfm_open_libreoffice %u
Icon=libreoffice-document-new
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=Office;
Keywords=documents;

(don’t put anything else inside A)

This is where you put B (it starts from root)
/usr/local/bin/pcmanfm_open_libreoffice
and must be executable.

This is what is inside B

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $url=$ARGV[0];
if($url=~m#^(/|file:).*run/user/[0-9]+/gvfs/([^:]+):server=([^,/]+),share=([^,/]+)/#) {
	$url="smb://$3/$4/".$';
}
exec('libreoffice',$url);

(don’t put anything else inside B)

myfile.odt > Right-Click > Open With > Other Applications
 > Office > pcmanfm_open_libreoffice

(that last bit should automatically show up because A exists)

>Set selected application as default action of this file type
>OK

The next time you use myfile.odt > Right-Click > Open With >
pcmanfm_open_libreoffice
should show up.

-End
( The only time you need a Custom Command is when you only have B (can’t be bothered to install A).

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