I'm using Linux Mint Debian edition and I have set Firefox as my default browser in my settings. But HTTP links in other apps like hotot and pidgin open with Chromium! Why is this happening is there any way to track the problem?
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This Pidgin ticket might provide some clues.– ckhanApr 21, 2012 at 16:57
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not just pidgin, libre office, hotot have the same problemq– pahninApr 21, 2012 at 19:57
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I'm going to guess the following
- all of those tools use XdgUtils
- if you type
xdg-open http://google.comit'll open with Chromium - and that you have the problem described in this Ubuntu forumspost
So my suggested answer is:
$ xdg-mime default firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
(and ditto for https)
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That worked! Thanks! May I know what is the reason for my problem? is it a bug or something like thath?– pahninApr 22, 2012 at 9:46
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Not entirely sure: I think it's that Chromium installs those scheme handlers and Firefox has no equivalent, so it's overridden.– ckhanApr 22, 2012 at 9:51
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1If you're using a debian based system and you've done this but it's still not working try running
update-alternatives --config x-www-browserFeb 18, 2015 at 22:54 -
I needed to add this:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
And choose Firefox as default browser. Only after that it was working. The change:
xdg-mime default Firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
didn't work itself. After adding both — it is working just fine.
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this is only valid on Ubuntu. Other (non-Debian-based) distros have no
update-alternatives– nerdocNov 27, 2020 at 20:38
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http <whatever chrome is>.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https <whatever chrome is>.desktop
