Lubuntu 14.10 - Setting default browser
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How is the default browser set in Lubuntu 14.10?
In the absence of 'System Settings' (which is used in Ubuntu 14.10 etc), how are the default applications set in Lubuntu? I'm running Firefox and Chrome (and may use others), whilst Firefox seems to be set as the default browser, Chrome says it 'cannot determine or set the default browser' and had no method of setting the default as Chrome.
lubuntu google-chrome 14.10
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
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How is the default browser set in Lubuntu 14.10?
In the absence of 'System Settings' (which is used in Ubuntu 14.10 etc), how are the default applications set in Lubuntu? I'm running Firefox and Chrome (and may use others), whilst Firefox seems to be set as the default browser, Chrome says it 'cannot determine or set the default browser' and had no method of setting the default as Chrome.
lubuntu google-chrome 14.10
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
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Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
1
No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54
add a comment |
How is the default browser set in Lubuntu 14.10?
In the absence of 'System Settings' (which is used in Ubuntu 14.10 etc), how are the default applications set in Lubuntu? I'm running Firefox and Chrome (and may use others), whilst Firefox seems to be set as the default browser, Chrome says it 'cannot determine or set the default browser' and had no method of setting the default as Chrome.
lubuntu google-chrome 14.10
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
4114
How is the default browser set in Lubuntu 14.10?
In the absence of 'System Settings' (which is used in Ubuntu 14.10 etc), how are the default applications set in Lubuntu? I'm running Firefox and Chrome (and may use others), whilst Firefox seems to be set as the default browser, Chrome says it 'cannot determine or set the default browser' and had no method of setting the default as Chrome.
lubuntu google-chrome 14.10
lubuntu google-chrome 14.10
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
4114
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
4114
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
4114
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
4114
asked Feb 24 '15 at 16:37
ChrisFChrisF
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Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
1
No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54
add a comment |
Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
1
No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54
Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
1
1
No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54
No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54
add a comment |
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run the following in a terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
add a comment |
In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
add a comment |
Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.
The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'
If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.
Once set, re-login, or restart.
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
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Setting the default browser depends on the application you wish to launch your browser from, because Linux has several methods of determining default applications, so applications use different methods.
For example, the Lubuntu/LXDE default terminal, LXTerminal, uses xdg-open to launch a browser when a URL is clicked. Setting your default browser via update-alternatives will in that case have no effect.
As you mentioned Thunderbird in some of your comments, things seem to be even more complicated when it comes to Thunderbird. (Refer to Bug 724461 as well as this blog post about how Thunderbird chooses a browser.)
In short, if you tried other methods and things still don't work out, you could run the following commands to update xdg-open's default application for Web URLs to Chrome:
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
This approach works for LXTerminal on Lubuntu 14.10 and should also work for Thunderbird.
answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
1011
add a comment |
Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority.
To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
1
1
i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
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run the following in a terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
add a comment |
run the following in a terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
add a comment |
run the following in a terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
run the following in a terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
answered Feb 24 '15 at 17:28
KamaradskiKamaradski
1605
1605
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
add a comment |
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
Thanks Kamaradski, but that doesn't appear to work. Update alternative etc. opened & shows 4 browser (chrome {in automode}, firefox {manual}, chrome {manual}, & opera {manual}). It was set to chrome {auto}, which I changed to chrome {manual}. However, when selecting a link in my email client (thunderbird) it still opens in Firefox, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 18:02
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
@ChrisF Both Thunderbird and Firefox are Mozilla products. This is not surprising as firefox is installed. Try uninstalling firefox, run the config, choose your default, test the link and see if that works. If so, you could try reinstalling firefox and testing again. You might consider this useful as well: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/…
– Elder Geek
Feb 25 '15 at 14:08
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
Thanks Elder Geek, but that doesn't provide a solution. I tried removed Firefox (using Synaptic) but as soon as its reinstalled (both before and after running the update-alternatives config) it still fires up when selecting links in Thunderbird. Your Mozilla link doesn't include Lubuntu. As you suggest, this looks like a Mozilla issue, that Thunderbird is overriding the OS default preferences. I think this means Firefox has to be removed (which is a shame, since I quite like it) and I'll use Opera & Chromium as additional browsers, unless a solution is found.
– ChrisF
Feb 26 '15 at 13:54
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
This worked flawlessly with Lubuntu 14.04 with LXDE daily ppa installed. I didn't even need to restart or logout/login the pc.
– Arda
Oct 25 '15 at 21:39
add a comment |
In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
add a comment |
In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
add a comment |
In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
answered Feb 24 '15 at 21:35
RexRex
1,2921912
1,2921912
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
add a comment |
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
Thanks Rex, but that didn't work, even after a restart.
– ChrisF
Feb 25 '15 at 9:05
add a comment |
Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.
The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'
If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.
Once set, re-login, or restart.
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
add a comment |
Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.
The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'
If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.
Once set, re-login, or restart.
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
add a comment |
Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.
The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'
If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.
Once set, re-login, or restart.
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.
The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'
If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.
Once set, re-login, or restart.
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
edited Feb 20 at 21:48
mature
2,2054933
2,2054933
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
answered Feb 20 at 19:32
H BH B
112
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add a comment |
Setting the default browser depends on the application you wish to launch your browser from, because Linux has several methods of determining default applications, so applications use different methods.
For example, the Lubuntu/LXDE default terminal, LXTerminal, uses xdg-open to launch a browser when a URL is clicked. Setting your default browser via update-alternatives will in that case have no effect.
As you mentioned Thunderbird in some of your comments, things seem to be even more complicated when it comes to Thunderbird. (Refer to Bug 724461 as well as this blog post about how Thunderbird chooses a browser.)
In short, if you tried other methods and things still don't work out, you could run the following commands to update xdg-open's default application for Web URLs to Chrome:
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
This approach works for LXTerminal on Lubuntu 14.10 and should also work for Thunderbird.
answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
1011
add a comment |
Setting the default browser depends on the application you wish to launch your browser from, because Linux has several methods of determining default applications, so applications use different methods.
For example, the Lubuntu/LXDE default terminal, LXTerminal, uses xdg-open to launch a browser when a URL is clicked. Setting your default browser via update-alternatives will in that case have no effect.
As you mentioned Thunderbird in some of your comments, things seem to be even more complicated when it comes to Thunderbird. (Refer to Bug 724461 as well as this blog post about how Thunderbird chooses a browser.)
In short, if you tried other methods and things still don't work out, you could run the following commands to update xdg-open's default application for Web URLs to Chrome:
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
This approach works for LXTerminal on Lubuntu 14.10 and should also work for Thunderbird.
answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
1011
add a comment |
Setting the default browser depends on the application you wish to launch your browser from, because Linux has several methods of determining default applications, so applications use different methods.
For example, the Lubuntu/LXDE default terminal, LXTerminal, uses xdg-open to launch a browser when a URL is clicked. Setting your default browser via update-alternatives will in that case have no effect.
As you mentioned Thunderbird in some of your comments, things seem to be even more complicated when it comes to Thunderbird. (Refer to Bug 724461 as well as this blog post about how Thunderbird chooses a browser.)
In short, if you tried other methods and things still don't work out, you could run the following commands to update xdg-open's default application for Web URLs to Chrome:
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
This approach works for LXTerminal on Lubuntu 14.10 and should also work for Thunderbird.
answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
1011
Setting the default browser depends on the application you wish to launch your browser from, because Linux has several methods of determining default applications, so applications use different methods.
For example, the Lubuntu/LXDE default terminal, LXTerminal, uses xdg-open to launch a browser when a URL is clicked. Setting your default browser via update-alternatives will in that case have no effect.
As you mentioned Thunderbird in some of your comments, things seem to be even more complicated when it comes to Thunderbird. (Refer to Bug 724461 as well as this blog post about how Thunderbird chooses a browser.)
In short, if you tried other methods and things still don't work out, you could run the following commands to update xdg-open's default application for Web URLs to Chrome:
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
sudo xdg-mime default chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
This approach works for LXTerminal on Lubuntu 14.10 and should also work for Thunderbird.
answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
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answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
tmhtmh
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answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
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answered Oct 1 '16 at 10:48
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Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority.
To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
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i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
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Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority.
To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
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i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
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Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority.
To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
1
Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority.
To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
1
answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
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answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
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answered Feb 14 at 0:47
oussoulessououssoulessou
1
1
1
i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
add a comment |
1
i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
1
1
i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
i've forgot to mention that it worked on lubuntu 18.10
– oussoulessou
Feb 14 at 0:50
add a comment |
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Have you tried un-installing the browser you don't want to use?
– Elder Geek
Feb 24 '15 at 16:47
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No. I appreciate that's would fix the problem, but I'd prefer to have two or more browsers available.
– ChrisF
Feb 24 '15 at 16:54