Jabref: Error opening file: Cannot run "xdg-open" (error 13)

[Marathon2112]

I get the following error when I click on the "linked files" icon in the entry table:

Cannot run program "xdg-open": error=13, Permission denied
The exception stacktrace was:

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "xdg-open": error=13, Permission denied
    at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.desktop.os.Linux.openFile(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.desktop.JabRefDesktop.openExternalFilePlatformIndependent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.desktop.JabRefDesktop.openExternalFileAnyFormat(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.fieldeditors.LinkedFileViewModel.open(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableColumnFactory.lambda$createFilesColumn$18(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.util.ValueTableCellFactory$1.lambda$updateItem$1(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventDispatcher.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/javafx.scene.Scene$ClickGenerator.postProcess(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.process(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/javafx.scene.Scene.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/javafx.scene.Scene$ScenePeerListener.mouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.lambda$handleMouseEvent$2(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.runWithoutRenderLock(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.handleMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.glass.ui.View.handleMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.glass.ui.View.notifyMouse(Unknown Source)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at org.jabref.merged.module/com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.lambda$runLoop$11(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=13, Permission denied
    at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.forkAndExec(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)
    ... 54 more

JabRef 5.0.0-dev--2019-11-17----3f0aa5803
Linux 5.3.11-zen1-1-zen amd64
Java 13.0.1

[tobiasdiez]

Are you using the snap version?

[Marathon2112]

No, I'm using the jabref-latest package on the AUR (uses https://builds.jabref.org/master/JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz as a source).

[LyzardKing]

@Marathon2112 Could you try the portable install? to see if the problem is with the aur package or the official build as well?
You can use the one you link to in the comment

[wujastyk]

JabRef 5.0.0-dev--2019-11-18----fc47b266a
Linux 5.3.0-23-generic amd64
Java 13.0.1

Not a problem for me with today's master beta (deb).

[Marathon2112]

@LyzardKing Works with the portable install. Must be a problem with the AUR package. Closing, thanks.

[Marathon2112]

For reference, solved by making jexec executable:

chmod 755 ./lib/runtime/lib/jexec

[rs028]

Just for future reference, I had to change the permissions to 755 of the following files:

./lib/jabrefHost.py
./lib/runtime/bin/*
./lib/runtime/lib/jexec
./lib/runtime/lib/jspawnhelper