I'm getting acroread instead of evince even though it says it's going to use evince

[Ric Moore]

On 01/22/2012 12:35 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:04:33AM -0500, Johnny wrote:
>> On 01/22/2012 10:50 AM, Chris Green wrote:
>>> When I click on a .pdf file in a web page Firefox tells me it's loading
>>> it and beside the selected 'Open with' button it says "/usr/bin/evince
>>> (default)" but if I then click the OK button the file gets opened in
>>> acroread.
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/evince is installed and works perfectly OK.
>>>
>>> How do I get Firefox to use evince?
>>>
>> I would just remove acroread in software center then make shore
>> evince is installed.
>
> I want acroread though, it sometimes offers facilities that evince
> doesn't.

Maybe if you re-installed evince it would take precedence? Ric