Let's just say that you are a newbie like me. I know its easy to set a default browser in Debian but hey, I get to write about my experience on learning something new right?Hehe, usually the normal way to do this would be to open your browser's settings and check if it is the default browser.
They like to do that.
The unusual way would be to do that in the terminal.
$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
Then something like this would appear:
[sudo] password for daniel:
There are 6 alternatives which provide `x-www-browser'.
Selection Alternative
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1 /usr/bin/iceape
2 /usr/bin/opera
3 /usr/bin/epiphany
*+ 4 /usr/bin/dillo
5 /usr/bin/konqueror
6 /usr/bin/iceweasel
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
Enter the number of the browser that you would like as the default one and presto. Easier than the GUI. If you have the commands handy.
Got this from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser
If you are using Gnome-desktop then just select:
ReplyDeleteDesktop->Preferences->Preferred Applications
You can then select default web browser, email-client and terminal-program.
Thanks for the tip mika, KDE user here! ^_^ But I do use plenty of gnome apps like Epiphany, Synaptic, etc. Maybe someday they would make an integrated wm, that would be cool!
ReplyDeleteOn KDE:
ReplyDeleteKDE Control Center (kcontrol) -> KDE Components -> Component Chooser -> Web Browser
Nice Blog, dannybuntu
Install galternatives for a gui to perform this task.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, dany and Mr. Anonymous. :)
ReplyDeleteThank's this solved how to set the browser when using windowmaker. Your awesome!
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