Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

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Subject: Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable
From: Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 17:27:51 +0100
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On 08.03.2025 16:50 Uhr Richard Owlett wrote:

> As I've never seen xdg-mime before it is not the tool I'm looking for.
> For the record it responds:
> > richard@debian12:~$ xdg-mime query default application/pdf
> > l3afpad.desktop
> > richard@debian12:~$   

Then you have to change that.

Use the application you prefer:
xdg-mime default atril.desktop  application/pdf

Some graphical applications exist, but I don't know about them.
They will call xdg in the background.

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Marco

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