# GIMP: MimeType overkill (the journey continues) **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [February 16, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040 "2021-02-16T13:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/41 "2021-02-17T21:02:32Z")
Oops, I missed that one. šŸ˜… But it has no entry for a gif image, thoguh. ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/42 "2021-02-17T21:05:54Z")
šŸø What was your process? RMB ā†’ Open with ā†’ Other applicationā€¦ ā†’ Choose **GIMP** ā†’ ā˜‘ Remember application associationā€¦blablabla ā†’ OK ? ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/43 "2021-02-17T21:08:24Z")
No, there was no process. I never changed that. The `mimeapps.list` file just contains a couple of entries for webm and mp4. There is no mention of GIMP or gif. And Gwenview opens gif files on my computer. ---
**Author:** ![anon53396576](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@anon53396576](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon53396576)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/44 "2021-02-17T21:09:58Z")
I have no such file. ```auto ~/.config $ ls total 232 drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 34 2021-02-13 13:51 KDE drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 98 2021-02-13 12:59 Kvantum -rw-r--r-- 1 elloquin users 128 2021-02-14 15:55 QtProject.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 elloquin users 1064 2021-02-17 15:54 Trolltech.conf -rw------- 1 elloquin users 66 2021-02-13 11:54 akregatorrc drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 0 2021-02-13 11:54 autostart-scripts -rw------- 1 elloquin users 780 2021-02-13 11:54 baloofilerc drwx------ 1 elloquin users 24 2021-02-13 14:26 cef_user_data drwx------ 1 elloquin users 8 2021-02-14 15:53 dconf -rw------- 1 elloquin users 831 2021-02-17 16:04 dolphinrc drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 20 2021-02-13 13:09 fontconfig drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 70 2021-02-17 15:54 gtk-3.0 drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 24 2021-02-17 15:54 gtk-4.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 elloquin users 52 2021-02-17 15:54 gtkrc -rw-r--r-- 1 elloquin users 87 2021-02-17 15:54 gtkrc-2.0 -rw------- 1 elloquin users 154 2021-02-13 11:54 gwenviewrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 6537 2021-02-17 15:56 kactivitymanagerd-statsrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 119 2021-02-13 11:54 kactivitymanagerdrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 2697 2021-02-14 12:57 katerc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 56 2021-02-13 11:54 kateschemarc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 419 2021-02-13 13:46 katevirc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 172 2021-02-17 15:53 kcminputrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 2600 2021-02-17 15:53 kconf_updaterc drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 270 2021-02-17 16:03 kde.org -rw------- 1 elloquin users 136 2021-02-13 12:32 kded5rc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 3827 2021-02-14 15:55 kdeglobals -rw------- 1 elloquin users 15363 2021-02-17 15:59 kglobalshortcutsrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 30162 2021-02-17 15:54 khotkeysrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 74 2021-02-13 11:54 kmixrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 408 2021-02-17 16:04 konsolerc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 278 2021-02-15 14:14 kprivacyrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 36 2021-02-17 15:53 krunnerrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 78 2021-02-13 12:55 kscreenlockerrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 543 2021-02-14 17:02 ksmserverrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 41 2021-02-13 12:55 ksplashrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 102 2021-02-13 11:54 ktimezonedrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 900 2021-02-17 15:54 kwinrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 70 2021-02-13 11:54 kwinrulesrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 257 2021-02-17 15:54 kxkbrc drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 82 2021-02-13 11:54 libaccounts-glib drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 22 2021-02-13 13:06 neofetch -rw------- 1 elloquin users 84 2021-02-13 11:54 okularpartrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 27 2021-02-13 11:54 plasma-localerc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 36 2021-02-13 11:54 plasma-nm -rw------- 1 elloquin users 4662 2021-02-17 15:56 plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 34 2021-02-13 12:35 plasmanotifyrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 172 2021-02-13 12:55 plasmarc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 1264 2021-02-17 15:56 plasmashellrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 44 2021-02-13 11:54 powerdevilrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 908 2021-02-14 12:25 powermanagementprofilesrc drwx------ 1 elloquin users 500 2021-02-13 11:54 pulse drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 38 2021-02-13 12:33 qt5ct -rw------- 1 elloquin users 307 2021-02-13 12:55 sddmthemeinstallerrc drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 106 2021-02-17 16:04 session -rw------- 1 elloquin users 741 2021-02-14 15:55 spectaclerc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 226 2021-02-15 14:14 sweeperrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 552 2021-02-16 19:04 systemsettingsrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 21 2021-02-13 14:31 trashrc -rw------- 1 elloquin users 633 2021-02-13 11:54 user-dirs.dirs -rw-r--r-- 1 elloquin users 5 2021-02-13 11:54 user-dirs.locale drwxr-xr-x 1 elloquin users 30 2021-02-17 15:54 xsettingsd ``` ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/45 "2021-02-17T21:11:15Z")
@Kresimir @anon53396576 But thatā€™s the point - you shouldnā€™t have file (entry for .gif in case of @Kresimir) unless youā€™ve manually overridden something šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/46 "2021-02-17T21:11:56Z")
Well, neither did the OP, yet on his machine, itā€™s GIMP that opens gifs. ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/47 "2021-02-17T21:12:50Z")
~~We donā€™t know if he have `~/.config/mimeapps.list`, if i havenā€™t missed that~~ P.S. Dammit, i missed that šŸ˜‚ P.P.S. mimetypes are bloat. ---
**Author:** ![anon53396576](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@anon53396576](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon53396576)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/48 "2021-02-17T21:13:26Z")
Who knows at this point this thread has spoken of gnome, kde, and a frankensteined lxqt with kde apps. ---
**Author:** ![takluyver](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@takluyver](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/takluyver)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/49 "2021-02-17T22:27:07Z")
> [@Kresimir](#): > > The `mimeapps.list` file just contains a couple of entries for webm and mp4. There is no mention of GIMP or gif. > > And Gwenview opens gif files on my computer. Any `kde-mimeapps.list` files? Perhaps Iā€™m missing something. I still suspect that what I wrote is in the right ballpark, since OP said that `update-desktop-database` appeared to fix it, and that should only generate the cache files. But maybe thereā€™s some other detail involved as well, e.g. maybe KDE records preferred applications somewhere else, or maybe OP was using a different file manager from you. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/50 "2021-02-19T02:43:46Z")
Iā€™m not really understanding all this talk. It sounds like just a matter of associating a file type to the program you want to open it with. Right click on the file and open with other prgm and set as default. ---
**Author:** ![sonofevil](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sonofevil/32/24117_2.png) [@sonofevil](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sonofevil)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040/51 "2021-02-20T20:06:29Z")
The problem reappeared for me after a while, and `update-desktop-database` didnā€™t undo it anymore. However, I tried deleting `~/.config/mimeapps.list` and then running `update-desktop-database`, and that helped. So far, reinstalling gimp doesnā€™t override Gwenview as default app anymore. I hadnā€™t tried this because last time I checked the file, I couldnā€™t find gimp set as default for anything in there. But this time it was. [Previous page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gimp-mimetype-overkill-the-journey-continues/12040.md?page=2)