Questions about the gnome-open command (provided by libgnome2-bin) used for launching files & urls using the GNOME file handlers
Questions tagged [gnome-open]
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Using gnome-open to open pdf files
I configured evince to be my default application to open pdf files (using Open with... and clicking on always opening pdf files with this application), but when I type gnome-open foo.pdf instead of evince, I have Nautilus that opens up in the…
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What should be used instead of the deprecated gnome-open in Ubuntu 18.04?
I used to open images with gnome-open from a terminal, but after installing Ubuntu 18.04, the library is missing and if I search from apt, it shows:
➜ data git:(master) ✗ apt search gnome-open [18/06/14|11:35AM]
Sorting...…
Vimos
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How to install gnome-open in ubuntu 20.04 desktop
In ubuntu 18.04 desktop, I used to install gnome-open via:
sudo apt install libgnome2-bin
So that I could open a folder from terminal via command line, e.g:
gnome-open /mnt/star/note
But, seems in ubuntu 20.04, libgnome2-bin is not available, so…
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Trying to install a sw xdg-open: gnome-open: not found
I am trying to install this program and it gives me this error.
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Error showing url: Error when getting information for file when gnome-open
For some reason I can't open this pdf file with gnome-open command.
cd /media/c-drive/Users/Tommy/Desktop/JobEssays/
gnome-open "./My\ Resume.pdf"
I get this error.
Error showing url: Error when getting information for file…
Tommy Saechao
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