How do you set your Default Bittorrent Application?
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Additional details are:
OS = 12.10
Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent
Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze
My main area in of which I'm looking for advise is magnet links. Plus the program in question isn't 'installed' per say I have downloaded the tarball file for Vuze and I run the executable file from there to run it.
default-programs bittorrent vuze
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up vote
6
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Additional details are:
OS = 12.10
Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent
Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze
My main area in of which I'm looking for advise is magnet links. Plus the program in question isn't 'installed' per say I have downloaded the tarball file for Vuze and I run the executable file from there to run it.
default-programs bittorrent vuze
possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19
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up vote
6
down vote
favorite
up vote
6
down vote
favorite
Additional details are:
OS = 12.10
Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent
Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze
My main area in of which I'm looking for advise is magnet links. Plus the program in question isn't 'installed' per say I have downloaded the tarball file for Vuze and I run the executable file from there to run it.
default-programs bittorrent vuze
Additional details are:
OS = 12.10
Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent
Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze
My main area in of which I'm looking for advise is magnet links. Plus the program in question isn't 'installed' per say I have downloaded the tarball file for Vuze and I run the executable file from there to run it.
default-programs bittorrent vuze
default-programs bittorrent vuze
edited Dec 12 '12 at 8:20
asked Dec 12 '12 at 6:00
BH2017
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possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19
add a comment |
possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19
possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19
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I had the same problem and found a solution:
In escence you have to make sure your apps's .desktop
file on:
/usr/share/applications
has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
and then add/edit this line on /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
:
x-scheme-handler/magnet={$MYAPP}.desktop;
setting the correct app name of course.
Hope this can help.
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
Let me explain this again
Firstly we need to check that your program's ".desktop file" (in /usr/share/applications
) has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
To check, open the text editor (called gedit) and hit "open" up to the left, then navigate to your program's .desktop file. As stated; you should find it in the folder /usr/share/applications
. After you open it, search for "MimeType" (by pressing Ctrl+f and typing "MimeType" in the box that shows up).
...If you did find that it has this line then proceed. (if not then just paste the line wherever in between the lines. Or if you find the line incomplete then you can modify the existing line.) Close gedit.
Now that we've done the checking; open the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
(the same way you opened the .desktop file). Search for "x-scheme-handler/magnet" (same way also). If you found it, make it look like this;
x-scheme-handler/magnet=YOURPROGRAM.desktop;
Replace YOURPROGRAM by the program you want to set default. The name must exactly match the name of your program's .desktop file.
example: x-scheme-handler/magnet=kde4-ktorrent.desktop;
And you're done!
Thanks to Adrian Matteo for the source.
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in/usr/bin/
.
– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
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up vote
1
down vote
Right click on the .torrent file > Properties > Open With (select Vuze), "set as default" and you're done.
You can always uninstall qbittorrent as well.
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Add the following line to ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/magnet=vuze.desktop
Or
If you are using Firefox go to Edit > Preferences > Applications change default application for magnet to vuze
.
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Within Ubuntu 18.xx, if you want to set e.g. Transmission to open magnet links by default, you can go with this within terminal:
gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet transmission-gtk.desktop
Next time you'll be opening magnet links in any browser, set the browser to remember the action for xdg-open and transmission will open automatically.
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I had the same problem and found a solution:
In escence you have to make sure your apps's .desktop
file on:
/usr/share/applications
has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
and then add/edit this line on /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
:
x-scheme-handler/magnet={$MYAPP}.desktop;
setting the correct app name of course.
Hope this can help.
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
I had the same problem and found a solution:
In escence you have to make sure your apps's .desktop
file on:
/usr/share/applications
has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
and then add/edit this line on /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
:
x-scheme-handler/magnet={$MYAPP}.desktop;
setting the correct app name of course.
Hope this can help.
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
I had the same problem and found a solution:
In escence you have to make sure your apps's .desktop
file on:
/usr/share/applications
has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
and then add/edit this line on /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
:
x-scheme-handler/magnet={$MYAPP}.desktop;
setting the correct app name of course.
Hope this can help.
I had the same problem and found a solution:
In escence you have to make sure your apps's .desktop
file on:
/usr/share/applications
has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
and then add/edit this line on /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
:
x-scheme-handler/magnet={$MYAPP}.desktop;
setting the correct app name of course.
Hope this can help.
edited Jul 26 '17 at 16:34
ExillustX
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answered Dec 20 '13 at 9:47
Adrian Matteo
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add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
Let me explain this again
Firstly we need to check that your program's ".desktop file" (in /usr/share/applications
) has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
To check, open the text editor (called gedit) and hit "open" up to the left, then navigate to your program's .desktop file. As stated; you should find it in the folder /usr/share/applications
. After you open it, search for "MimeType" (by pressing Ctrl+f and typing "MimeType" in the box that shows up).
...If you did find that it has this line then proceed. (if not then just paste the line wherever in between the lines. Or if you find the line incomplete then you can modify the existing line.) Close gedit.
Now that we've done the checking; open the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
(the same way you opened the .desktop file). Search for "x-scheme-handler/magnet" (same way also). If you found it, make it look like this;
x-scheme-handler/magnet=YOURPROGRAM.desktop;
Replace YOURPROGRAM by the program you want to set default. The name must exactly match the name of your program's .desktop file.
example: x-scheme-handler/magnet=kde4-ktorrent.desktop;
And you're done!
Thanks to Adrian Matteo for the source.
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in/usr/bin/
.
– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
Let me explain this again
Firstly we need to check that your program's ".desktop file" (in /usr/share/applications
) has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
To check, open the text editor (called gedit) and hit "open" up to the left, then navigate to your program's .desktop file. As stated; you should find it in the folder /usr/share/applications
. After you open it, search for "MimeType" (by pressing Ctrl+f and typing "MimeType" in the box that shows up).
...If you did find that it has this line then proceed. (if not then just paste the line wherever in between the lines. Or if you find the line incomplete then you can modify the existing line.) Close gedit.
Now that we've done the checking; open the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
(the same way you opened the .desktop file). Search for "x-scheme-handler/magnet" (same way also). If you found it, make it look like this;
x-scheme-handler/magnet=YOURPROGRAM.desktop;
Replace YOURPROGRAM by the program you want to set default. The name must exactly match the name of your program's .desktop file.
example: x-scheme-handler/magnet=kde4-ktorrent.desktop;
And you're done!
Thanks to Adrian Matteo for the source.
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in/usr/bin/
.
– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Let me explain this again
Firstly we need to check that your program's ".desktop file" (in /usr/share/applications
) has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
To check, open the text editor (called gedit) and hit "open" up to the left, then navigate to your program's .desktop file. As stated; you should find it in the folder /usr/share/applications
. After you open it, search for "MimeType" (by pressing Ctrl+f and typing "MimeType" in the box that shows up).
...If you did find that it has this line then proceed. (if not then just paste the line wherever in between the lines. Or if you find the line incomplete then you can modify the existing line.) Close gedit.
Now that we've done the checking; open the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
(the same way you opened the .desktop file). Search for "x-scheme-handler/magnet" (same way also). If you found it, make it look like this;
x-scheme-handler/magnet=YOURPROGRAM.desktop;
Replace YOURPROGRAM by the program you want to set default. The name must exactly match the name of your program's .desktop file.
example: x-scheme-handler/magnet=kde4-ktorrent.desktop;
And you're done!
Thanks to Adrian Matteo for the source.
Let me explain this again
Firstly we need to check that your program's ".desktop file" (in /usr/share/applications
) has this line:
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;application/x-torrent;
To check, open the text editor (called gedit) and hit "open" up to the left, then navigate to your program's .desktop file. As stated; you should find it in the folder /usr/share/applications
. After you open it, search for "MimeType" (by pressing Ctrl+f and typing "MimeType" in the box that shows up).
...If you did find that it has this line then proceed. (if not then just paste the line wherever in between the lines. Or if you find the line incomplete then you can modify the existing line.) Close gedit.
Now that we've done the checking; open the file /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
(the same way you opened the .desktop file). Search for "x-scheme-handler/magnet" (same way also). If you found it, make it look like this;
x-scheme-handler/magnet=YOURPROGRAM.desktop;
Replace YOURPROGRAM by the program you want to set default. The name must exactly match the name of your program's .desktop file.
example: x-scheme-handler/magnet=kde4-ktorrent.desktop;
And you're done!
Thanks to Adrian Matteo for the source.
edited Aug 25 '15 at 14:06
answered Jun 8 '14 at 13:36
Mina Michael
4,0371759120
4,0371759120
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in/usr/bin/
.
– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
add a comment |
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in/usr/bin/
.
– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
that was awesome. thank you +1 :)
– salman wahed
Jul 30 '15 at 17:53
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in
/usr/bin/
.– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
This has no effect for me. Using Linux Mint 17.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04. Perhaps one has to restart for it to take effect. I was able to change the default by simply clicking the "select program" and choosing my program in
/usr/bin/
.– Deleet
Sep 8 '16 at 16:51
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Right click on the .torrent file > Properties > Open With (select Vuze), "set as default" and you're done.
You can always uninstall qbittorrent as well.
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Right click on the .torrent file > Properties > Open With (select Vuze), "set as default" and you're done.
You can always uninstall qbittorrent as well.
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Right click on the .torrent file > Properties > Open With (select Vuze), "set as default" and you're done.
You can always uninstall qbittorrent as well.
Right click on the .torrent file > Properties > Open With (select Vuze), "set as default" and you're done.
You can always uninstall qbittorrent as well.
answered Dec 12 '12 at 6:36
ikt
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1187
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
add a comment |
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
2
2
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
What about magnet files? I'd like to keep qBittorrent so I have a choice. Plus Vuze I don't have 'Installed' per say. I downloaded the tarball extracted the files and use the executable file to run the program.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 7:25
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Add the following line to ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/magnet=vuze.desktop
Or
If you are using Firefox go to Edit > Preferences > Applications change default application for magnet to vuze
.
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Add the following line to ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/magnet=vuze.desktop
Or
If you are using Firefox go to Edit > Preferences > Applications change default application for magnet to vuze
.
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Add the following line to ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/magnet=vuze.desktop
Or
If you are using Firefox go to Edit > Preferences > Applications change default application for magnet to vuze
.
Add the following line to ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/magnet=vuze.desktop
Or
If you are using Firefox go to Edit > Preferences > Applications change default application for magnet to vuze
.
edited Oct 11 '15 at 10:33
Karl Richter
2,36183467
2,36183467
answered Aug 5 '13 at 3:19
Vishnu V
425
425
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Within Ubuntu 18.xx, if you want to set e.g. Transmission to open magnet links by default, you can go with this within terminal:
gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet transmission-gtk.desktop
Next time you'll be opening magnet links in any browser, set the browser to remember the action for xdg-open and transmission will open automatically.
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Within Ubuntu 18.xx, if you want to set e.g. Transmission to open magnet links by default, you can go with this within terminal:
gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet transmission-gtk.desktop
Next time you'll be opening magnet links in any browser, set the browser to remember the action for xdg-open and transmission will open automatically.
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Within Ubuntu 18.xx, if you want to set e.g. Transmission to open magnet links by default, you can go with this within terminal:
gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet transmission-gtk.desktop
Next time you'll be opening magnet links in any browser, set the browser to remember the action for xdg-open and transmission will open automatically.
Within Ubuntu 18.xx, if you want to set e.g. Transmission to open magnet links by default, you can go with this within terminal:
gio mime x-scheme-handler/magnet transmission-gtk.desktop
Next time you'll be opening magnet links in any browser, set the browser to remember the action for xdg-open and transmission will open automatically.
answered Dec 1 at 14:11
Bruno Kos
1012
1012
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possible duplicate of How to set default program?
– devav2
Dec 12 '12 at 6:11
Nope, that question is regarding things that are simple to set defaults for, this is for torrents, specifically magnet links.
– BH2017
Dec 12 '12 at 8:19