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Topic: How do I associate an application with something?

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jhsu

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Posted: Oct. 02 2007,02:36

It's SO ANNOYING when I try to open a file, and I get a dialog box asking for the directory under which the application for opening it lies.

How do I avoid this or deal with this? Is there a place where I can always count on a particular application being located (pdf reader, Abiword, gnumeric, xmms, etc.)?

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Posted: Oct. 02 2007,05:48

In what program?

Usually the executables can be found in the PATH environmental variable.

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Posted: Oct. 02 2007,17:29

usually they are in /bin, /usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin..

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