Promote evince in /etc/mailcap.order
GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.
There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:
evince:application/pdf
However, the next update-mime run answers with:
Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does
not have mailcap entries.
Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?
evince mime-type
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
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GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.
There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:
evince:application/pdf
However, the next update-mime run answers with:
Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does
not have mailcap entries.
Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?
evince mime-type
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
1
Did you create an entry forevincein/usr/lib/mime/packages? According toman mailcap.order, that is whereupdate-mimelooks.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Or maybe you can just remove thegimpentry there.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
I missed that bit… However, in/usr/lib/mime/packagesthere are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing/etc/mailcapitself.
– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56
add a comment |
GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.
There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:
evince:application/pdf
However, the next update-mime run answers with:
Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does
not have mailcap entries.
Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?
evince mime-type
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.
There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:
evince:application/pdf
However, the next update-mime run answers with:
Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does
not have mailcap entries.
Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?
evince mime-type
evince mime-type
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
asked Feb 15 at 7:57
MPiMPi
1,1101024
1,1101024
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Did you create an entry forevincein/usr/lib/mime/packages? According toman mailcap.order, that is whereupdate-mimelooks.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Or maybe you can just remove thegimpentry there.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
I missed that bit… However, in/usr/lib/mime/packagesthere are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing/etc/mailcapitself.
– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56
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Did you create an entry forevincein/usr/lib/mime/packages? According toman mailcap.order, that is whereupdate-mimelooks.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Or maybe you can just remove thegimpentry there.
– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
I missed that bit… However, in/usr/lib/mime/packagesthere are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing/etc/mailcapitself.
– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56
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Did you create an entry for
evince in /usr/lib/mime/packages? According to man mailcap.order, that is where update-mime looks.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Did you create an entry for
evince in /usr/lib/mime/packages? According to man mailcap.order, that is where update-mime looks.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Or maybe you can just remove the
gimp entry there.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
Or maybe you can just remove the
gimp entry there.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
I missed that bit… However, in
/usr/lib/mime/packages there are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing /etc/mailcap itself.– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56
I missed that bit… However, in
/usr/lib/mime/packages there are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing /etc/mailcap itself.– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56
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Did you create an entry for
evincein/usr/lib/mime/packages? According toman mailcap.order, that is whereupdate-mimelooks.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:34
Or maybe you can just remove the
gimpentry there.– Jos
Feb 15 at 8:35
I missed that bit… However, in
/usr/lib/mime/packagesthere are entries for neither gimp nor evince. Adding a file there seems just as bad as editing/etc/mailcapitself.– MPi
Feb 15 at 14:56