open pdf in chromium

[qunqun]

Right now when I click on a pdf document in chrome the save dialog shows up, instead I would like to use evince to open pdf documents instead. Is there a way to do it? I have found solutions that involve changing mailcap / xdg-mime but none of them seems to work. Thanks!

[Frogs Hair]

When I open a pdf in Chrome it opens in the browser window and then I can save it if I want from the tool bar that appears in the browser window. This appears to be default behavior. Is this what you want or do you want the pdf to open in the document viewer with out saving it ?

[Frogs Hair]

This is what I see when I open a pdf in chrome.

[qunqun]

When I open a pdf in Chrome it opens in the browser window and then I can save it if I want from the tool bar that appears in the browser window. This appears to be default behavior. Is this what you want or do you want the pdf to open in the document viewer with out saving it ?

I would like it to open in an external document viewer rather than needing to first save it somewhere and then open it. I am hoping that there is a way to do so without installing a plugin since that would open the document inside the browser (which is not what I want).

[vasa1]

Which version of Chrome are you using?

[qunqun]

Which version of Chrome are you using?

I am using the latest nightly chromium builds

[slickymaster]

"This is what I see when I open a pdf in chrome.". That's the Chrome default behavior.

But you can try this extension: Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer

[vasa1]

I am using the latest nightly chromium builds

Okay, that's why I was confused. Chrome has a pdf viewer whereas Chromium doesn't.

[slickymaster]

If that's your case, all you have to do is to download a Google Chrome release that matches your processor architecture (x86/x86_64):

# wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/go...rrent_i386.deb
# wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/go...rent_amd64.deb

• extract the .deb:

# ar vx <previously downloaded .deb>

• extract the data payload:

# tar --lzma -xvf data.tar.lzma

• copy the plugin to destination folder:

(note: /usr/lib/chromium-browser is valid for my Ubuntu PPA version, might be /opt/chromium-browser or something on other distributions)
# sudo cp opt/google/chrome/libpdf.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/

• restart any open Chromium processes

• check about: plugins for the Chrome PDF Viewer, should not need any enabling

[Frogs Hair]

I am using the latest nightly chromium builds

This is why there is difference in behavior.