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Behzadsh
Asked: 2011-10-20 07:57:01 +0800 CST

How to change Gnome Shell calendar default application?

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In Gnome shell calendar menu, when I click on "Open Calendar" it tries to open Evolution - even if it's not installed - Is it possible to change the default calendar?

Gnome Shell Calendar

P.S. Gnome shell Calendar does not follow default calendar application

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5 Answers

  1. Type the following in a terminal.

    For Thunderbird:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.office.calendar exec thunderbird

    For Chromium

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.office.calendar exec "chromium-browser 'https://www.google.com/calendar'"
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  2. In Gnome 3.8 use gvfs-mime to manipulate calendar mime association:

    Inspect:

    gvfs-mime --query text/calendar

    set your app:

    gvfs-mime --set text/calendar google-calendar.desktop

    whereas google-calendar.desktop can be created like this:

    gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications/google-calendar.desktop

    Then fill the dialog with the following as a command to open browser with google calendar:

    xdg-open https://www.google.com/calendar

    Then restart gnome-shell or logout/login to reload the settings.

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  3. open system settings in the upper right and go to system info then default applications and change it there!

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  4. Since this is still (like two years later) a problem I had to google, here is a fiddly workaround for anyone else trying to set up Lightning in place of Evolution and if the Evolution-mirror plugin does not work for you (has not been updated since last year at this point). Unfortunately you still need to have Evolution installed.

    Create a network ics calendar in a local file (or wherever you like) using either Evolution or Lightning. Point both Evolution and Lightning to it and any changes made in Lightning will be reflected in the calendar menu (events for today and tomorrow).

    Combine that with answer #2 above to change the "open calendar" to point to Thunderbird and you'll (hardly ever) have to look at Evolution again!

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  5. I repost this from a user named Wonder

    [edited slightly] Thunderbird is not a calendar application unless you tune it up with an extension. therefore it shouldn't be in there, but... if you really want it there,you need to perform the following two steps (as root). 

    # vi /usr/share/applications/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop  
# update-desktop-database -q

    In editing the desktop file, append the Mimetype line with text/calendar;text/x-vcard;

    MimeType=message/rfc822;x-scheme-handler/mailto;text/calendar;text/x-vcard;

    I tried this, the app does show up, but I have not seen the calendar menu widget synch.

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