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I am currently using Filezilla 3.7.3. on Linux Mint 17 and have trouble with the default .pdf-viewer. Ones I double-click on a .pdf-file in the embedded file browser, GIMP instead of okular/evince/adobe-reader opens. I browsed through the settings of Filezilla and asked Google, but I could not find a solution.

As I found an open thread in the Filezilla forum (https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=16733) that didn't come to a solution, I decided to ask this question here and hope for help. Thanks!

tc88
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In Edit -> Settings -> File Edit -> Filetype Associations there is a checkbox that controls whether the associations should be the same as in the system settings. However, having this checkbox checked, my Filezilla still used Gimp to open .pdf-Files.

Therefore, I unchecked the checkbox and used customized associations as they can be defined in the Edit-box in the same window. Explanation is given in the dialogue itself but for my example, I used pdf "/usr/bin/okular" to make it work.

Hint: It seems like Filezilla does not have access to the $PATH variable and thus pdf "okular" does not work. Use the full path instead.

tc88
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