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alfC
Asked: 2011-10-19 14:14:22 +0800 CST

What can I use instead of gnome-open?

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What is a current replacement of gnome-open command (generic open of files based on the type)?

Before: 

gnome-open mydoc.pdf  # opened PDF in default application

Now:

gnome-open
The program 'gnome-open' is currently not installed.  You can install
it by typing: sudo apt-get install libgnome2-0
gnome

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can use xdg-open to open documents, like so:

    xdg-open mydoc.pdf

    This has a bonus of being desktop agnostic so it should work regardless of what desktop the user has installed. In GNOME itself gnome-open has been replaced by gvfs-open.

    References:

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  2. You can use gio too. For example gio open notes.doc.

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