I recently installed Lubuntu 19.04 (LXQt) and I want to change the default browser from Firefox to Google Chrome. However, even though I set Chrome as the default browser in the settings, Firefox still remains the default whenever I try to open html files from my computer (or click on any links).
I'm not sure why the OS is not listening to my instructions. I've set chrome as the default browser in both the "Session Settings" menu, and the "update-alternatives." I've even changed it manually in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list, and it still won't change. No matter what I do, Firefox remains the default browser.
Any idea what's going on ?
PS: I know I could probably solve the problem by removing Firefox, but I don't want to do that. I want to keep both browsers installed, just have Chrome be the default.
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Ideally you'd just follow the manual, ie.
however it doesn't work for browser due to a known issue (Task 53 for the Lubuntu Team).
On the bug there is a workaround, which is :-
WORKAROUND
- Remove
$BROWSERfrom the/etc/xdg/xdg-Lubuntu/lxqt/session.conf- Remove
$BROWSERfrom the$HOME/.config/lxqt/session.conf- Get rid of the environment variable with
unset BROWSER- Follow these rules for switching browsers:
- Do NOT use
$BROWSER, which can be set as a "Default Application" or an "Environment Variable" inlxqt-config-session("Session Settings")- To switch between chromium, firefox, or opera as default browsers, you can use the in-application mechanism
- For browsers without an in-application mechanism:
- Find the desktop file in
/usr/share/applicationsassociated with the browser, e.g.chromium-browser.desktop- Run
xdg-settings set default-web-browser browser.desktop
Please note I've just copy/pasted the work around from the 1824654 bug report. The T53 task can be found at though it may require login permissions
All information here was provided by @wxl
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