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How do I change my default browser?

Is there an option to change my default browser for all my applications?
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How to launch default web browser from the terminal?

I was wondering what's the terminal command to open the default web browser.
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How to set Google Chrome as the default browser?

How can I set Google Chrome as the default browser? If I set it in the browser settings, nothing happens. The browser says it's default, but in preferred applications in Gnome, there's only Firefox to choose from. Clicking any link i.e in…
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How to change skype default browser

I use Ubuntu 18.04 and I have the following problem. When I try to open links via Skype it opens Mozilla firefox also I have set google chrome as my default browser. I tried to find something in skype settings but I found nothing related to the…
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How can I set which application is launched by 'xdg-open'?

I have run update-alternatives as well as the GNOME Preferred apps selection thing. And all point to have the Chromium browser as the default. Yet, when I run xdg-open http://askubuntu.com, Firefox is launched! Similarly, Emacs and Bazaar (bzr) also…
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How do I change the default browser that konsole opens URLs with?

I have google-chrome set as my default web browser in Ubuntu and gnome applications. However, when using konsole, all links open in konqueror, and not google-chrome! I've tried setting the default browser with: sudo update-alternatives --config…
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Link clicked not passed to firefox

When Firefox is set as my default browser, any links cliked in another application open a new blank Firefox window, not a new tab or a new window with the page I want. Is that a problem with the configuration of firefox, of "Preferred Applications"…
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What's the difference between x-www-browser and gnome-www-browser?

What's the difference between x-www-browser and gnome-www-browser? I came across it here: Setting the default browser when update-alternatives fails.
user25656
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How to change the default programs that are associated with every new user that is created?

I am wondering how one would go about changing the default programs that are associated with every new user that is created. For example, Firefox is the default browser for Ubuntu 11.10. In my user account I changed it so that Google Chrome is the…
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How to set default browser on Ubuntu Touch?

I want to set Firefox as the default browser on Ubuntu Touch so that links in Dekko, RSS reader, etc. open in Firefox instead of the Ubuntu touch browser. I can't find a "default browser" setting in the settings app. Setting Firefox to default…
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Can't set Chromium as default browser

I open Chromium and the browser ask me if I want to set it as my default browser. I click on "set as default" and close the browser. But when I open Chromium again I get the same question. Ubuntu 11.04 seems not to set Chromium correctly as my…
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How do I set a default Chrome Person (user) to open URLs as?

When I click on a URL (e.g. a URL in output console in bash), it opens using Chrome. Since I have multiple Persons (or users) on Chrome, it seemed to always open using the person with most recently seen window. Is it possible to make a particular…
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Adding parameter to default browser

I can run Browser from dash with added parameters (like google-chrome --single-process --purge-memory-button) without problem, by editing of .desktop file, but how I could reach the same by running of default browser via triggering open URL event?…
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How do I set a "custom" browser as default in Preferred Applications

I'm trying to set up Conkeror as my default browser. However, in the Preferred Applications menu, this is not an option, nor do I see a method of inputting a custom setting/command. Does anyone know a way round this? [Edit: I've tried (1) using sudo…
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Changing default browser in xubuntu

xubuntu comes with Firefox as a default browser. I however prefer opera and would like to make it my default browser. Example: I click a link in Thunderbird and would like it to open in Opera and not in Firefox, as it is now.. How do I proceed?
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