Public bug reported:
From <https://askubuntu.com/q/1564261/19561> :
f you use LaTeX to typeset and output a .dvi file, then try to open it
via open filename.dvi, it doesn't work -- there's no MIME association
for it. But I do have xdvi installed and it works -- I was expecting it
to have made open / xdg-open work.
You get "Failed to find default application for content type
‘application/x-dvi."
The following very simple .desktop file works:
```
[Desktop Entry]
Name=xdvi
Exec=xdvi %f
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-dvi;
```
This package should include such a file and install it alongside `xdvi`.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: texlive-binaries 2024.20240313.70630+ds-6ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-14.14-generic 6.17.9
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Mar 14 16:27:14 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-06-08 (644 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/zsh
TERM=screen-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: texlive-bin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-10-18 (147 days ago)
** Affects: texlive-bin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session
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should ship with a MIME association for .dvi files
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