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Disable PDF.js and use Evince instead

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Some PDFs render inside Firefox. I am very unhappy with that for several reasons.

Since Ubuntu ships with a good, stable and lightweight PDF-viewer, evince, I'd rather have all PDFs handled by that native viewer instead of the Firefox one.

I suspect it's because of either the mine-type, some extension, a disposition-header or some combination thereof, but some PDFs open already just fine in Evince. Others still open in the PDF.js.

How can I direct all PDFs to the native, evince, viewer?

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answered 2 Years ago farnic · Accepted Answer

If you'd rather not use the built-in PDF Viewer, you can use another PDF viewer like Evince or another default viewer on Ubuntu.

To switch from the built-in PDF viewer to another PDF viewer:

At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu and select Preferences

Select the Applications panel.

Find Portable Document Format (PDF) in the list and click on it to select it.

Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action column for the above entry and select the PDF viewer you wish to use.

Click Close to close the Preferences window

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(Source https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer)