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GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.



There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:



evince:application/pdf


However, the next update-mime run answers with:



Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does 
not have mailcap entries.


Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?









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    GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.



    There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:



    evince:application/pdf


    However, the next update-mime run answers with:



    Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does 
    not have mailcap entries.


    Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?









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      GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.



      There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:



      evince:application/pdf


      However, the next update-mime run answers with:



      Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does 
      not have mailcap entries.


      Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?









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      GIMP very unexpectedly took over opening PDF files a while ago when issuing the see command. It is listed in /etc/mailcap before the more appropriate evince. Of course I can edit this file by hand, but since it is managed by the system, the next update-mime run will overwrite these changes.



      There is a file called /etc/mailcap.order that promises to help to achieve exactly what I want. I added and entry there:



      evince:application/pdf


      However, the next update-mime run answers with:



      Warning: package evince listed in /etc/mailcap.order does 
      not have mailcap entries.


      Changing the package name to evince-common or changing the media type to */* did not achieve anything. So what is the right format?







      evince mime-type





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