I've opened a bug on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554563 about handling such cases nicely
** Summary changed: - evince-gtk cannot open PDF files + can't open pdf when shared-mime-info is not installed ** Also affects: evince via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554563 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- can't open pdf when shared-mime-info is not installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208729 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs