How do I change the document viewer as the default pdf reader?

Philip Wyett philwyett at gmx.com
Sun Nov 9 08:26:49 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 03:09 -0500, Mark wrote:
> HI everyone:
> 
> I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop and I am
> trying to see if and how I can replace the default document viewer
> program that reads pdf's with another pdf viewer  program? Thanks.
> 
> Mark

* Install the pdf reader of your choice.
* Right click on a pdf file on your hdd and then click on 'Properites'
  at the bottom of the menu.
* On the 'Opens with' tab, select the reader of your choice as the
  default to open pdf files with.
* Close the dialog box and there you are. :-)

Regards

Phil
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