Permission error in using xdg-open when opening file with registered extension

762 Views Asked by Vipul Gupta At 05 May 2023 at 11:09

I have been trying to perform File Association on Ubuntu 20.04 using WSL2.

I have my mime Type specification file at /usr/share/mime/packages/application-x-demo.xml. This is the content of apllication-x-demo.xml.

I have my .desktop file at /usr/share/applications/StartupLinux.desktop. This is the content of my StartupLinux.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=true
MimeType=application/x-demo
Name=StartupLinux
Exec=/home/<user>/MyWorkspace/StartupLinux.sh

If I run the command:
```
gio info myFile.axsd | grep "standard::content-type"
```
... I get the that my extension is successfully registered with the mime. Command output:
```
standard::content-type: application/x-demo
```
If I run the command:
```
gio mime application/x-demo
```
... I get that my application is the default application for the mime type. Command output:

The Problem: If I try to open my file using xdg-open, I'm getting a permission error:

/usr/bin/xdg-open: 800: : Permission denied

I have tried the these links, but did not find any working solution:

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