How to choose default browser?

Marcellus · 2006-08-25 18:02:38

When I want to open a link from thunderbird in firefox i can klick the link, but nothing happens, I got the info from the thunderbird wiki that the default browser can be chosen from within the kde/gnome panel. But how to choose the default browser in xfce?

s0ulslack · 2006-08-25 23:26:31

This is covered in the FAQ under the Docs on xfce.org smile

After installing Xfce, you may want to set the $BROWSER and $TERMCMD environment variable which point out respectively your favorite brower and terminal. They will notably be used by the xfhelp4 and xfterm4 script provided by Xfce. Just add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile, then logout/login:

export BROWSER="your_favorite_browser"
export TERMCMD="your_favorite_terminal"

Marcellus · 2006-08-26 09:56:53

I tried that and also set the default browser in the preferred applications setting menu, but thunderbird just don't open firefox. I'm not quite sure if this is a xfce or a thunderbird issue, I am just looking for any possibility to fix that. Copying the link over to firefox sux.

gras · 2006-08-26 13:09:04

At my debian sys, it's set up in the /usr/lib/thunderbird/defaults/pref/auto-config.js. You have to change the value for the options network.protocol-handler.app.http and network.protocol-handler.app.https

Marcellus · 2006-08-26 14:32:22

I just changed the file on my gentoo 64bit system it was
"/usr/lib64/mozilla-thunderbird/defaults/pref/all-thunderbird.js"
and
pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http", true);
pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https", true);
just in case someone searches for this
Now thunderbird tries to launch a browser, but doesn't find one

any ideas?
I already changed the default browser in the preffered application browser and also addet
"export BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox""

does anyone have an idea how to set the default browser that thunderbird gets it?

gras · 2006-08-26 21:09:46

Uhm... links is a consolebrowser, I think this is not your expectation. I think you have to find the .js file with the network.protocol-handler.app.http preference.

gras · 2006-09-21 14:26:17

Another way to change the default browser (for some applications):
Some programs (e.g. Thunderbird by default) use the "x-www-browser". This is only a symbolic link to another browser. If you want to use another browser, create this symbolic link new with your browser as target. (On my debian, it's at /etc/alternatives/)

bubazoo · 2007-04-14 04:49:52

Does XFCE work ok in Debian? I noticed its the unstable version..

been thinking about installing Etch, since I'm nog getting ANYWHERE with centOS 5 and xfce at the moment.. I got the graphical instaler to run, thats about it, but its requiring some more libraries that the centOS repos don't have, so I was thinking about trying Etch since thats out too now.

rijnsma · 2011-09-06 22:51:05

gras wrote:

Another way to change the default browser (for some applications):
Some programs (e.g. Thunderbird by default) use the "x-www-browser". This is only a symbolic link to another browser. If you want to use another browser, create this symbolic link new with your browser as target. (On my debian, it's at /etc/alternatives/)

I hope this is helpful of somebody is searching for this:

Terminal:
su(do) update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
Then there is a menu and choose by number.

Last edited by rijnsma (2011-09-06 22:53:28)

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