How to open an .png type image in Linux terminal?

Question

I just can't find the command to display a *.png image! I tried xdg-open command but it failed:

[student@seqpapl1 Images]$ xdg-open adapter_content.png 
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'adapter_content.png'

I am currently running ubuntu linux on the server.

What terminal program are you using? On what sort of machine? In what environment? it's possible you could just install something like `imgcat` depending on the answers to these questions. — DopeGhoti, Jan 02 '19 at 19:55
Are you remoting in to the server? Do you have an xterm session running? — Joe Healey, Jan 02 '19 at 20:33

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '19 at 20:52

Use mimeopen -d to set the default application:

mimeopen -d image.png

sample output:

Please choose a default application for files of type image/png
1) ImageMagick (color depth=q16)  (display-im6.q16)
2) GNU Image Manipulation Program  (gimp)
3) Feh (feh)

Select your default application , next time you will be able to use:

mimeopen image.png

or:

xdg-open image.png

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 14 '21 at 22:15

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or you can also use

gio open image.png

edited Dec 14 '21 at 22:15

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answered Dec 14 '21 at 21:52

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How to open an .png type image in Linux terminal?

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