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Set default pdf reader

When I install shutter to take screenshots, imagemagick sets itself as default PDF-reader and I am unable to change it.

I would like to have evince as default PDF-reader.

I have tried right click on a PDF document in file explorer-> Properties -> Set default application-> Evince.

This does not work, imagemagick stays as default. Doing this with the file explorer opened as root works but it doesn't change the normal-user default application.

Using xdg-mime does not help either. In /etc/gnome/defaults.list the default application for PDF is evince.

And, when I remove imagemagick-6.q16, evince becomes the default application for opening PDFs, but shutter is removed too.

Am I missing something ? Where can I change this behavior ?

I have an updated version of Debian Jessie in my computer and I am using Gnome3.

EDIT 1:

I can replicate this behavior with different file explorers (tested with nemo and nautilus)

The output of XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=2 xdg-mime query default application/x-pdf is

Checking /home/USER/.local/share//applications/mimeapps.list
Checking /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list
Checking /usr/local/share//applications/defaults.list
Checking /usr/share//applications/defaults.list

I've checked this files:

  • In /home/USER/.local/share//applications/mimeapps.list I have a line with application/pdf=evince.desktop
  • In /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list the PDF reader is set to evince too.
  • In /usr/local/share/applications/defaults.list there is no reference to PDFs.
  • /usr/share/applications/defaults.list does not exist
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