Default applications - Revision history

Prabuanand: replaced :Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

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	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications ArchWiki: Default applications]		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications ArchWiki: Default applications]

	[[Category:~~Desktop~~]]		[[Category:System Administration]]

2025-04-26T08:50:47Z

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	To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the [https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-mime xdg-mime] command and point to the desired desktop file ~~(if it doesn't exist~~, ~~you~~ must ~~create one)~~.		To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the [https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-mime xdg-mime] command and point to the desired desktop file.

			For programs that do not ship a desktop entry file, one must be created.

	== Example ==		== Example ==

	~~In the~~ following example ~~we want to make~~ {{Pkg\|mupdf}} the default command to open pdf files.		The following example makes {{Pkg\|mupdf}} the default command to open pdf files.

	~~First you need to create~~ a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.		Create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one:

	{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|<nowiki>		{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|<nowiki>

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Example: formatting, links

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	~~Then you must use~~ xdg to associate the desktop file with the pdf extension.		Use <code>xdg-mime</code> from {{Pkg\|xdg-utils}} to associate the desktop file with the pdf extension:

	{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}		{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}

	~~That's all.~~

	== See also ==		== See also ==

2025-02-14T12:52:46Z

Example: Linkify mupdf

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	== Example ==		== Example ==

	In the following example we want to make mupdf the default command to open pdf files.		In the following example we want to make {{Pkg\|mupdf}} the default command to open pdf files.

	First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.		First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.

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	To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the [https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-mime xdg-mime] command and point to the desired desktop file (if it doesn't exist, you must create one).		To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the [https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-mime xdg-mime] command and point to the desired desktop file (if it doesn't exist, you must create one).

	= Example =		== Example ==

	In the following example we want to make mupdf the default command to open pdf files.		In the following example we want to make mupdf the default command to open pdf files.

	First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.		First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.

	{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|<nowiki>		{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|<nowiki>
	[Desktop Entry]		[Desktop Entry]
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	Then you must use xdg to associate the desktop file with the pdf extension.		Then you must use xdg to associate the desktop file with the pdf extension.

	{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}		{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}

	That's all.		That's all.

	= See also =		== See also ==

	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications ArchWiki: Default applications]		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications ArchWiki: Default applications]

2023-04-17T18:46:58Z

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	{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}		{{Cmd\|$ xdg-mime default mupdf.desktop application/pdf}}
	That's all.		That's all.

			= See also =
			* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Default_applications ArchWiki: Default applications]

	[[Category:Desktop]]		[[Category:Desktop]]
	[[Category:Installation]]		[[Category:Installation]]

2018-12-07T21:58:14Z

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	To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the xdg-mime command and point to the desired desktop file (if it doesn't exist, you must create one).		To change the default application associated with a filetype you must use the [https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-mime xdg-mime] command and point to the desired desktop file (if it doesn't exist, you must create one).

	= Example =		= Example =

2018-12-07T21:55:47Z

Example

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	In the following example we want to make mupdf the default command to open pdf files.		In the following example we want to make mupdf the default command to open pdf files.
	First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.		First you need to create a desktop file, because mupdf doesn't provide one.
	{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|		{{cat\|~/.local/share/applications/mupdf.desktop\|<nowiki>
	<nowiki>

	[Desktop Entry]		[Desktop Entry]
	Type=Application		Type=Application