Re: How to install helper applications

-- I repeat this mail because it did not appear on the list. --

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 05:44:02PM +0200 Michael Mauch wrote:

> Tilo Baumann wrote:

> > So far when linking to a pdf file galeon offers an alert of two
> > helper application to choose of, one of which is xpdf (the other acroread).
> > 
> > I want to eliminate this step: when linking to a pdf file galeon should
> > start xpdf without asking me.


> > Installation of such defaults used to be an option in the menu called
> > 'helper application' or, perhaps, 'mime types'.  How is it done now?

I checked it up in an old mozilla, and find it working with just a click
on the link. 


> Perhaps it works if you start "nautilus --no-desktop", find a .pdf file,
> right-click on it -> Properties -> Open With. I think that's the way
> it's supposed to work (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong).

liedena:~# apt-get install nautilus
The following extra packages will be installed:
  capplets capplets-data desktop-base docbook-xml gnome-desktop-data
gnome-icon-theme gnome-session
  hicolor-icon-theme libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0
libmetacity0 libscrollkeeper0
  libxklavier8 libxslt1.1 nautilus-data scrollkeeper sgml-base sgml-data xml-core

Need to get 14,3MB of archives.
After unpacking 48,8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n

I said 'no', today, but  will think it over as it is no great fuss to
delete those packages if I don't them anymore. 


> If that doesn't help, you could remove the offending .desktop file and
> run update-desktop-database (perhaps as root).

That is what I did.  More exactly: I didn't remove AdobeReader.desktop
but edited mimeinfo.cache. 



> A web search for 'galeon update-desktop-database' also finds e.g.
> <http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=216790>.

ok, that is the same suggestion.  However, copying mimeinfo.cache into
~/local/share/applications (as suggested) did not work.  I further rely
on it located in /usr/share/applications/. 


> <http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils> also could be
> useful.

In respect to that page I am a bit helpless. Can you be more specific?


Thanks for your answer, Michael!


Tilo



PS: If you/somebody can give me advice how to use 'mailto' with mutt I
would appreciate.



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