I am using thunderbird on centos 6. I get a message about cannot open the file as helper application does not exist.
Which package needs to be installed for the pdf helper application?
Thanks,
Jerry
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Jerry Geis wrote:
Odd, evince was installed, I then did a "yum reinstall evince" and restarted thunderbird and clicked on the pdf attachment and same message.
Hello Jerry. I don't use TB, but under Firefox you can set which helper applications are associated with a particular file type. Using Firefox will open the PDF for me with evince. Maybe you need to set the helper application under your TB preferences, so TB knows which program to use for viewing PDF's?
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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Hello Jerry. I don't use TB, but under Firefox you can set which helper applications are associated with a particular file type. Using Firefox will open the PDF for me with evince. Maybe you need to set the helper application under your TB preferences, so TB knows which program to use for viewing PDF's?
Kind Regards,
Keith,
thanks - I went looking there. I found it, it was set for "Document Viewer (default)". I tried it again did not work, I went back in and changed it to "ask me", clicked on my pdf and it asked me - I selected Document Viewer and it worked. Go figure! I even then tried it again and said do automatically and it worked. Go figure.
Anyway seems good now - thanks for the pointer.
jerry
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