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Asked: 2014-04-19 13:00:13 +0800 CST

Firefox: change default application

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Me default djvu viewer is okular:

  • xdg-mime:

    $ xdg-mime query default image/vnd.djvu
okular.desktop

  • in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:

    [Added Associations]
image/vnd.djvu=okular.desktop;evince.desktop;

  • When I click on a djvu -- okular opens it.

  • in /etc/gnome/defaults.list (/usr/share/applications/defaults.list links to this file):

    image/vnd.djvu=okular.desktop

However firefox thinks my default app for djvus is evince:

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How do I set okular as a default viewer in firefox? [this doesn't mean I want "Use okular" to be a default action -- I just want it to be a default viewer]

gnome

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Oh, I solved it:

    xdg-mime default okular.desktop image/vnd.djvu

    I wonder where this information is stored, since I already had it in my local mimeapps.list.

    So in order to set a default program for sime filetype, one has to find it's mime type first -- which can be done by looking at /etc/gnome/defaults.list for example (and at /etc/mime.types in case no part of the mime-type is obvious, but You know the extension), and then find out wither there's a .desktop file for an application desired. Folders to be searched are:

    • /usr/share/applications and
    • $HOME/.local/share/applications

    and then call xdg-mime.

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