Xubuntu: How to make fBreader the default ebook reader?
How do I set fBreader (already installed with sudo apt-get install fbreader) to be the default epub and mobi file reader in Xubuntu 18.04? When I double click a .mobi or .epub file, fbReader does not open, and instead I am asked what kind of a file it is.
How do I set FBReader as the default mobi ebook reader? is specific to non-Xubuntu flavors and does not work with Xubuntu. Unable to find another relevant suggestion relevant to Xubuntu.
18.04 xubuntu xfce ebooks mobi
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
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How do I set fBreader (already installed with sudo apt-get install fbreader) to be the default epub and mobi file reader in Xubuntu 18.04? When I double click a .mobi or .epub file, fbReader does not open, and instead I am asked what kind of a file it is.
How do I set FBReader as the default mobi ebook reader? is specific to non-Xubuntu flavors and does not work with Xubuntu. Unable to find another relevant suggestion relevant to Xubuntu.
18.04 xubuntu xfce ebooks mobi
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
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How do I set fBreader (already installed with sudo apt-get install fbreader) to be the default epub and mobi file reader in Xubuntu 18.04? When I double click a .mobi or .epub file, fbReader does not open, and instead I am asked what kind of a file it is.
How do I set FBReader as the default mobi ebook reader? is specific to non-Xubuntu flavors and does not work with Xubuntu. Unable to find another relevant suggestion relevant to Xubuntu.
18.04 xubuntu xfce ebooks mobi
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
How do I set fBreader (already installed with sudo apt-get install fbreader) to be the default epub and mobi file reader in Xubuntu 18.04? When I double click a .mobi or .epub file, fbReader does not open, and instead I am asked what kind of a file it is.
How do I set FBReader as the default mobi ebook reader? is specific to non-Xubuntu flavors and does not work with Xubuntu. Unable to find another relevant suggestion relevant to Xubuntu.
18.04 xubuntu xfce ebooks mobi
18.04 xubuntu xfce ebooks mobi
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
edited Feb 4 at 18:20
K7AAY
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
asked Sep 26 '18 at 4:32
K7AAYK7AAY
3,98921744
3,98921744
What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
Jan 31 at 20:15
Always edit additional info into your question as comments can be deleted for numerous reasons.
– Elder Geek
Feb 2 at 13:03
add a comment |
What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
Jan 31 at 20:15
Always edit additional info into your question as comments can be deleted for numerous reasons.
– Elder Geek
Feb 2 at 13:03
What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
Jan 31 at 20:15
What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
Jan 31 at 20:15
Always edit additional info into your question as comments can be deleted for numerous reasons.
– Elder Geek
Feb 2 at 13:03
Always edit additional info into your question as comments can be deleted for numerous reasons.
– Elder Geek
Feb 2 at 13:03
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In Xubuntu 18.04, you should have a "MIME type editor" application.
Open it, filter by mobi. One line should remain. You can edit the default application on the right:
Then repeat same operation for epub:
Then close the MIME type editor. From now, opening an epub or mobi file will be done using FBReader.
answered Feb 1 at 8:12
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In Xubuntu 18.04, you should have a "MIME type editor" application.
Open it, filter by mobi. One line should remain. You can edit the default application on the right:
Then repeat same operation for epub:
Then close the MIME type editor. From now, opening an epub or mobi file will be done using FBReader.
answered Feb 1 at 8:12
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In Xubuntu 18.04, you should have a "MIME type editor" application.
Open it, filter by mobi. One line should remain. You can edit the default application on the right:
Then repeat same operation for epub:
Then close the MIME type editor. From now, opening an epub or mobi file will be done using FBReader.
answered Feb 1 at 8:12
FloTFloT
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In Xubuntu 18.04, you should have a "MIME type editor" application.
Open it, filter by mobi. One line should remain. You can edit the default application on the right:
Then repeat same operation for epub:
Then close the MIME type editor. From now, opening an epub or mobi file will be done using FBReader.
answered Feb 1 at 8:12
FloTFloT
591117
In Xubuntu 18.04, you should have a "MIME type editor" application.
Open it, filter by mobi. One line should remain. You can edit the default application on the right:
Then repeat same operation for epub:
Then close the MIME type editor. From now, opening an epub or mobi file will be done using FBReader.
answered Feb 1 at 8:12
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What error message do you receive when you try the linked solution? Why do you believe it does not work with XUbuntu?
– Elder Geek
Jan 31 at 20:15
Always edit additional info into your question as comments can be deleted for numerous reasons.
– Elder Geek
Feb 2 at 13:03