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Getting this error as regular user:

~$ xdg-open http://www.google.com/
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'http://www.google.com/'
~$
~$ xdg-mime query default text/html
~$

Code from /usr/bin/xdg-open

  # if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
    if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"chromium" ]; then
        BROWSER=links2:elinks:links:lynx:w3m
        if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
            BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium:google-chrome:$BROW$
        fi
    fi

    open_envvar "$1"

    exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$1'"
}

Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04 Gnu/Linux

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    Why are you doing this as root? Does it work as expected if you do it as a regular user? You say "code modified", what code? Where? How did you modify it? – terdon♦ Apr 11 '20 at 13:43
  • It didnt work as a regular user – xavier96 Apr 11 '20 at 13:48
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    OK, then please edit your question and show what happens when you do it as a regular user instead of root since root is a very special case. And please also explain what the code you are showing is, where it is from, why it is relevant and how you changed it. – terdon♦ Apr 11 '20 at 13:52
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    Also, what is the output of xdg-mime query default text/html and what browsers do you have installed? Is this Ubuntu server? Do you have a working graphical environment? – terdon♦ Apr 11 '20 at 13:58
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The MIME type xdg-open uses for URIs is x-scheme-handler/<scheme>, in your case x-scheme-handler/http and x-scheme-handler/https. You can put an entry for those using your desired .desktop file in your 

${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mimeapps.list

file.

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