WORKAROUND: 1) Install dolphin pkg. (sudo apt-get install dolphin) 2) Start dolpin (/usr/bin/dolphin) 3) Right click on one existing pdf file in some dir 4) Open with -> Other... 5) Select -> Office -> Adobe Reader 6) Select "Remember application association for this type of file" 7) Click "OK" 8) Done
Then in nautilus also adobe reader will be used as default pdf viewer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574342 Title: GIMP set as default pdf viewer Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gimp After installing GIMP on Lucid, GIMP became the default application to open PDF files, instead of evince. While GIMP can open PDF files, this surely is not what most people want. Please fix this. May be related to debian bug #525077, but I am not sure. In any case, /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache contains application/pdf=gimp.desktop;evince.desktop; To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/574342/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
