Changing file associations in GNOME?
This blog post talks about how to change the default application to handle a file type in Nautilus for individual file types (right-click on the file, "open with", and select the new default application), but is there a way to list all current associations and configure them in one go, similar to the Windows "folder options | file types" tab? There seem to be a bunch of default associations that I want to change (all various image files are being opened in IceWeasel instead of the image viewer), and I don't want to have to change them one-by-one in the file manager. If there's no GUI for doing this, then where does Nautilus store its file associations? Can I edit them with a text editor?
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This blog post talks about how to change the default application to handle a file type in Nautilus for individual file types (right-click on the file, "open with", and select the new default application), but is there a way to list all current associations and configure them in one go, similar to the Windows "folder options | file types" tab? There seem to be a bunch of default associations that I want to change (all various image files are being opened in IceWeasel instead of the image viewer), and I don't want to have to change them one-by-one in the file manager. If there's no GUI for doing this, then where does Nautilus store its file associations? Can I edit them with a text editor?
gnome files nautilus
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
JezJez
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add a comment |
This blog post talks about how to change the default application to handle a file type in Nautilus for individual file types (right-click on the file, "open with", and select the new default application), but is there a way to list all current associations and configure them in one go, similar to the Windows "folder options | file types" tab? There seem to be a bunch of default associations that I want to change (all various image files are being opened in IceWeasel instead of the image viewer), and I don't want to have to change them one-by-one in the file manager. If there's no GUI for doing this, then where does Nautilus store its file associations? Can I edit them with a text editor?
gnome files nautilus
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
JezJez
3282726
This blog post talks about how to change the default application to handle a file type in Nautilus for individual file types (right-click on the file, "open with", and select the new default application), but is there a way to list all current associations and configure them in one go, similar to the Windows "folder options | file types" tab? There seem to be a bunch of default associations that I want to change (all various image files are being opened in IceWeasel instead of the image viewer), and I don't want to have to change them one-by-one in the file manager. If there's no GUI for doing this, then where does Nautilus store its file associations? Can I edit them with a text editor?
gnome files nautilus
gnome files nautilus
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
JezJez
3282726
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
JezJez
3282726
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
edited Jun 22 '12 at 14:25
slybloty
62831033
62831033
asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
JezJez
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asked Jun 22 '12 at 12:33
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All of your file associations are stored in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Some of them are not in your personal mimeapps.list file. There's a system wide file with all the default associations in /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and/or in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.
For more info check out Specifications/mime-actions-spec
Edit:
In Fedora 14 I have these settings files:
/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list
/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listwith a few added associations, however I do not have any.listfiles in/usr/share/applications/and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all thedefaults.listandmimeapps.listfiles on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run witheog.desktopwhich should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;
– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
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On my system (Debian Jessie) I found all the normal methods of specifying a default application wouldn't override the one hiding in ~/.config/mimeapps.list.
Thunar insisted on opening a particular file with gedit even after I told it to make the correct application the default. When I removed the setting from ~/.config/mimeapps.list, it started working properly again.
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
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I am using Ubuntu 13.10.
The file you need to edit is /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
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All of your file associations are stored in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Some of them are not in your personal mimeapps.list file. There's a system wide file with all the default associations in /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and/or in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.
For more info check out Specifications/mime-actions-spec
Edit:
In Fedora 14 I have these settings files:
/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list
/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listwith a few added associations, however I do not have any.listfiles in/usr/share/applications/and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all thedefaults.listandmimeapps.listfiles on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run witheog.desktopwhich should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;
– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
add a comment |
All of your file associations are stored in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Some of them are not in your personal mimeapps.list file. There's a system wide file with all the default associations in /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and/or in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.
For more info check out Specifications/mime-actions-spec
Edit:
In Fedora 14 I have these settings files:
/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list
/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listwith a few added associations, however I do not have any.listfiles in/usr/share/applications/and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all thedefaults.listandmimeapps.listfiles on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run witheog.desktopwhich should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;
– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
add a comment |
All of your file associations are stored in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Some of them are not in your personal mimeapps.list file. There's a system wide file with all the default associations in /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and/or in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.
For more info check out Specifications/mime-actions-spec
Edit:
In Fedora 14 I have these settings files:
/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list
/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
All of your file associations are stored in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Some of them are not in your personal mimeapps.list file. There's a system wide file with all the default associations in /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and/or in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.
For more info check out Specifications/mime-actions-spec
Edit:
In Fedora 14 I have these settings files:
/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list
/usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
edited Feb 3 at 21:23
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02
slyblotyslybloty
62831033
62831033
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listwith a few added associations, however I do not have any.listfiles in/usr/share/applications/and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all thedefaults.listandmimeapps.listfiles on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run witheog.desktopwhich should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;
– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
add a comment |
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listwith a few added associations, however I do not have any.listfiles in/usr/share/applications/and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all thedefaults.listandmimeapps.listfiles on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run witheog.desktopwhich should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?
– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;
– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list with a few added associations, however I do not have any .list files in /usr/share/applications/ and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
Thanks, that helps a little in that I do indeed have a
$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list with a few added associations, however I do not have any .list files in /usr/share/applications/ and yet there are evidently a bunch of other default associations stored somewhere. Do you know where else they could be stored?– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 14:31
More strangeness. I've looked through all the
defaults.list and mimeapps.list files on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run with eog.desktop which should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
More strangeness. I've looked through all the
defaults.list and mimeapps.list files on the system, and in two of them, JPEG images are actually configured to run with eog.desktop which should open them in the image viewer and not Iceweasel, and yet Nautilus still opens JPEG images in Iceweasel. How could it be getting this file association?– Jez
Jun 22 '12 at 15:04
That is strange. I have this:
$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
That is strange. I have this:
$ cat ./.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list | grep jpeg image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop;gnome-eog.desktop;– slybloty
Jun 22 '12 at 15:47
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
your link is broken.
– chovy
Dec 22 '18 at 1:31
add a comment |
On my system (Debian Jessie) I found all the normal methods of specifying a default application wouldn't override the one hiding in ~/.config/mimeapps.list.
Thunar insisted on opening a particular file with gedit even after I told it to make the correct application the default. When I removed the setting from ~/.config/mimeapps.list, it started working properly again.
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
20.1k93772
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
311
add a comment |
On my system (Debian Jessie) I found all the normal methods of specifying a default application wouldn't override the one hiding in ~/.config/mimeapps.list.
Thunar insisted on opening a particular file with gedit even after I told it to make the correct application the default. When I removed the setting from ~/.config/mimeapps.list, it started working properly again.
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
20.1k93772
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
311
add a comment |
On my system (Debian Jessie) I found all the normal methods of specifying a default application wouldn't override the one hiding in ~/.config/mimeapps.list.
Thunar insisted on opening a particular file with gedit even after I told it to make the correct application the default. When I removed the setting from ~/.config/mimeapps.list, it started working properly again.
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
20.1k93772
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
311
On my system (Debian Jessie) I found all the normal methods of specifying a default application wouldn't override the one hiding in ~/.config/mimeapps.list.
Thunar insisted on opening a particular file with gedit even after I told it to make the correct application the default. When I removed the setting from ~/.config/mimeapps.list, it started working properly again.
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
20.1k93772
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
311
edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
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edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
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edited Jan 10 '15 at 19:06
Archemar
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20.1k93772
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
311
answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
Bryan LeamanBryan Leaman
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answered Jan 10 '15 at 18:27
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I am using Ubuntu 13.10.
The file you need to edit is /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
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I am using Ubuntu 13.10.
The file you need to edit is /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
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I am using Ubuntu 13.10.
The file you need to edit is /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
user905user905
1
I am using Ubuntu 13.10.
The file you need to edit is /etc/gnome/defaults.list.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
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answered Feb 26 '14 at 21:43
user905user905
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