Set Default PDF Reader in Linux

2018-03-29 21:41 coding linux desktop

solve the problem that gimp open pdf as default

check filetype of a certain file
```
xdg-mime query filetype xxx.pdf
```
check default mimetype of a certain filetype
```
xdg-mime query default application/pdf
```

set default mimetype for a certain filetype

xdg-mime default evince.desktop application/pdf

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