What can I use instead of gnome-open?

Question

What is a current replacement of gnome-open command (generic open of files based on the type)?

Before:

gnome-open mydoc.pdf  # opened PDF in default application

Now:

gnome-open
The program 'gnome-open' is currently not installed.  You can install
it by typing: sudo apt-get install libgnome2-0

score 82 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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You can use xdg-open to open documents, like so:

xdg-open mydoc.pdf

This has a bonus of being desktop agnostic so it should work regardless of what desktop the user has installed. In GNOME itself gnome-open has been replaced by gvfs-open.

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Oct 18 '11 at 22:22

Jorge Castro

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As of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, gvfs-open prints a deprecation warning to use gio open instead. – clpo13 Mar 05 '18 at 23:47

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 28 '18 at 11:15

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You can use gio too. For example gio open notes.doc.

edited Mar 28 '18 at 11:15

DK Bose

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answered Mar 28 '18 at 10:59

Vassilis

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Interesting, GIO seems to be a very strange thing. I wonder what can be useful for, other than "open". – alfC Apr 03 '18 at 03:38

What can I use instead of gnome-open?

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