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[Software] change the default browser.

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LTL
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[Software] change the default browser.

#1 Post by LTL »

Unable to change a default browser:

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loc@debian:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser chromium.desktop
loc@debian:~$ 
loc@debian:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
firefox-esr.desktop
loc@debian:~$ 
As you have seen the default browser is the same as firefox-esr.desktop, it doesn't change to chromium.desktop by xdg-setting (set) command.





















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Re: [Software] change the default browser.

#2 Post by CwF »

This is somewhat DE dependent

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$  xdg-settings get default-web-browser
debian-sensible-browser.desktop
$  man update-alternatives

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Re: [Software] change the default browser.

#3 Post by LTL »

CwF wrote: 2023-01-30 05:15 This is somewhat DE dependent

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$  xdg-settings get default-web-browser
debian-sensible-browser.desktop
$  man update-alternatives
Thank you very much. It was dependent issue. I should use Synaptic Package Manager to install Chromium first.
loc@debian:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
chromium.desktop
loc@debian:~$

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Re: [Software] change the default browser[Solved]

#4 Post by LTL »

LTL wrote: 2023-01-30 23:21
CwF wrote: 2023-01-30 05:15 This is somewhat DE dependent

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$  xdg-settings get default-web-browser
debian-sensible-browser.desktop
$  man update-alternatives
Thank you very much. It was dependent issue. I should use Synaptic Package Manager to install Chromium first.
loc@debian:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
chromium.desktop
loc@debian:~$

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