How to set default browser?

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Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Release: 18.2
Codename: sonya
Desktop Session: xfce
I have installed chromium 64.0.3282.167 and firefox 58.0.2 (64-bit),but when I open a shortcut to the menu bar,it tells an error like that.

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Unable to execute the default web browser.

How to solve this problem

[kukamuumuka]

Via command line (Terminal):
If Chromium

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gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http chromium-browser.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https chromium-browser.desktop

If Firefox

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gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http firefox.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https firefox.desktop

If Opera

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gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http opera.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https opera.desktop

[leadwtZ]

Hello,

May I ask if setting palemoon as default should follow as:

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 gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http palemoon.desktop 

as it fails with:

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Failed to load info for handler 'palemoon.desktop' 

And Pale Moon is not listed under Preferred Applications. I have tried:

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sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
[sudo] password for xxxxxx: 
There is only one alternative in link group x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser): /usr/bin/palemoon
 

I am using Mate - Sylvia.
Any help appreciated,

Tx.

[kukamuumuka]

Hello,

May I ask if setting palemoon as default should follow as:

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 gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http palemoon.desktop 

as it fails with:

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Failed to load info for handler 'palemoon.desktop' 

Probably your command is wrong. What tells

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apt show palemoon

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locate palemoon.desktop

[leadwtZ]

Hello

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apt show palemoon
N: Unable to locate package palemoon
N: Unable to locate package palemoon
E: No packages found
 

That is fair enough I think as it is not a package as such it is a .tar

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 locate palemoon.desktop
/home/geopol/.local/share/applications/palemoon.desktop
/usr/share/applications/palemoon.desktop
 

I've been looking in the wrong place?

Hope this helps

[kukamuumuka]

That is fair enough I think as it is not a package as such it is a .tar

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 locate palemoon.desktop
/home/geopol/.local/share/applications/palemoon.desktop
/usr/share/applications/palemoon.desktop
 

One trick is to "cheat" system is to install some another browser like Firefox and make shortcut from /usr/share/applications/palemoon.desktop to /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop, and set "Firefox as Palemoon" about a default browser.

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apt install firefox
sudo mv /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/share/applications/palemoon.desktop /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/http firefox.desktop
gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/https firefox.desktop

[leadwtZ]

Interesting that the system has to be 'cheated' that seems a little odd to me.

However I will think on it and maybe try it too but not keen on having Firefox (or other) sitting on the system.

Thanks - appreciated.

[Schultz]

Why don't you just install Pale Moon with the installer tool?
http://linux.palemoon.org/download/installer/

Or, there is also an official endorsed third-party build of which you can add its ppa.
https://software.opensuse.org/download. ... e=palemoon

[leadwtZ]

Schultz I do use the PM installer however I have now added Steve's PPA and with the result that Pale Moon now appears in Preferred Apps!

Nice one - thanks