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Change Default Web Browser App in Terminal Environment

Open link in terminal, but web browser app of your wish not run. That was annoyed, right?

Be glad cause the command xdg-settings is here.

Check default your web browser app.

xdg-settings get default-web-browser
Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode

In my case - result: chromium.desktop

In my mind app want to default is qutebrowser.

xdg-settings set default-web-browser org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.desktop
Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode

This section org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.desktop i get from /usr/share/applications/, in this directory you can find what app of your wish.

To ensure what you set, check again with xdg-settings get default-web-browser.

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