pdfshuffler doesn't appear in the right click open with context menu

Bug #1349140 reported by sterios prosiniklis
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pdfshuffler (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

pdfshuffler will not appear in the right-click Open With... dialog. To fix this problem, locate the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications, edit it as root, and add %U to the end of the Exec= line. For example, pdfshuffler currently has this problem; you need to edit /usr/share/applications/pdfshuffler.desktop and change the line reading Exec=pdfshuffler to read Exec=pdfshuffler %U.

Mime type is missing as well. Just add the line MimeType=application/pdf;

Finally the new pdfshuffler.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=PDF-Shuffler
Comment=PDF Merging, Rearranging, Splitting, Rotating and Cropping
Type=Application
Exec=pdfshuffler %U
Icon=/usr/share/pdfshuffler/icons/hicolor/scalable/pdfshuffler.svg
Categories=Office;
MimeType=application/pdf;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

Tags: pdfshuffler
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Ronny Lehmann (ronny-lehmann) wrote :
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Hello,

I am new on Ubuntu LInux. I just installed pdfshuffler.
I do not really understand what to do.

I opend the defaults.list but how to add the right line for right-click Open With...

Here my defaults.list

[Default Applications]
application/csv=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/excel=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/msexcel=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/msword=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/ogg=rhythmbox.desktop
application/oxps=evince.desktop
application/pdf=evince.desktop
application/postscript=evince.desktop
application/rtf=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/tab-separated-values=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.lotus-1-2-3=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.ms-excel=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.ms-word=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument=evince.desktop
application/vnd.rn-realmedia=totem.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.base=libreoffice-base.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.calc=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.draw=libreoffice-draw.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template=libreoffice-draw.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.math=libreoffice-math.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database=libreoffice-base.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula=libreoffice-math.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics=libreoffice-draw.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template=libreoffice-draw.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.impress=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.calc=libreoffice-calc.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.draw=libreoffice-draw.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.impress=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.math=libreoffice-math.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.writer=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/mspowerpoint=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint=libreoffice-impress.desktop
application/vnd.wordperfect=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/wordperfect=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template=libreoffice-writer.desktop
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocume...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pdfshuffler (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pdfshuffler - 0.6.0-8

---------------
pdfshuffler (0.6.0-8) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Add build-dep on dh-python.
  * Default to pypdf2 instead of deprecated pypdf. (Closes: #763973, #763976,
    LP: #656382)
  * Fix missing UI translations and add Spanish and Catalan translations.
    (Closes: #756281, LP: #1328862)
  * Install hi-res scalable svg icon. (Closes: #768306, LP: #1081190)
  * Add missing MimeType to desktop menu file. (LP: #1334124, LP: #1349140)
    - Drop duplicate debian/pdfshuffler.desktop.
  * Update to Standards version 3.9.8.
    - Drop obsolete debian/menu file.

 -- Vincent Cheng <email address hidden> Wed, 25 May 2016 18:26:19 -0700

Changed in pdfshuffler (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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