Set default app for opening an extension [closed]

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Published on 2012-10-04T09:06:09Z Indexed on 2012/10/04 9:50 UTC
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I am using Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon.

I have a problem setting an application to open a file with some extension when the application is actually only extracted, not really installed using apt-ger or .deb file.

For example - Blender. You can download a .tar.gz from official site which you then extract and you can just run the app. However, it isn't listed in the default apps list (Right Clickon file -> Open with other application -> Show all installed apps). So now I have to always open the application first and open the file from there.

How can I solve this?

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