Why do PDF documents open with ImageMagick?

Question

Query shows evince is my default handler.

terminal showing evince as default

But, double clicking a pdf file opens ImageMagick. A pdf file's Properties shows ImageMagick as the default handler.

ImageMagick is the default handler

Why is this happening ?

_{After answering the why, also tell me how to solve it using the terminal. I am very fond of using terminal. I tried sudo xdg-mime default evince.desktop application/pdf, nothing changed, even after logging out and back in.}

score 22 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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You might find this is a more clear answer that worked for me in Ubuntu 15.10:

edit the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list

just remove the lines that associate PDF to imagemagick in the file:

image/pdf=display-im6.desktop
image/pdf=display-im6.q16.desktop;display-im6.desktop;

The thread where I got this answer that worked for me is here: Unable to restore Envince as default pdf viewer

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

Community

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answered Dec 11 '15 at 07:55

Tigerider

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If anyone still strugling check this feed it says remove this line image/pdf=display-im6.desktop from ~/.config/mimeapps.list – Ankit Tiwari Nov 19 '22 at 09:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 03:49

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I had the same problem and what worked fine for is to delete this file ~/.config/mimeapps.list and now I'm even able to change my defaults and it is getting changed unlike before.

answered Mar 08 '18 at 03:49

silverGrey

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 23:55

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"Why do PDF documents open with ImageMagick? After answering the why, also tell me how to solve it using the terminal."

Can't answer either question. However, for folks like myself who just want the fast path to fixing this, when you look at the properties (as shown in your question), simply choose the application you want to be used and "Set as default".

Et voila, it adds an entry to ~/.config/mimeapps.list and you are good to go.

answered Mar 21 '18 at 23:55

Don Doerner

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This is a pretty old question and I'm not sure your solution is actually helpful... – NerdOfCode Mar 22 '18 at 02:46
when you look at the properties and choose "Set as default" image majick refusess to change from defjault even after I tried to purge image majick with apt – Willoczy Feb 17 '24 at 16:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 01 '15 at 14:40

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Try editing /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Search for application/pdf and amend your viewer there.

answered Mar 01 '15 at 14:40

Harsh Vakharia

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see http://pastebin.com/LGVcyTy5. it also shows evince – MAKZ Mar 01 '15 at 14:44

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 05 '15 at 19:42

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I had the same problem and found the following solution:

$ nano ~/.config/mimeapps.list

and set image/pdf to evince.desktop

answered Sep 05 '15 at 19:42

Chris

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 11 '17 at 19:56

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I have no idea why but at one moment ImageMagic took over opening of PDFs. I have totally removed reference to pdf from ~/.config/mimeapps.list and pdfs started to open in xreader:

grep -v pdf  ~/.config/mimeapps.list > ~/.config/mimeapps.list1 && mv ~/.config/mimeapps.list1  ~/.config/mimeapps.list

edited Jun 11 '17 at 19:56

Ravexina

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answered Jun 11 '17 at 18:40

IOzc

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it is suggested not to remove imagemagick as it has dependencies for other apps or functions – Yannis Dran Jan 27 '21 at 13:26

Why do PDF documents open with ImageMagick?

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