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How to *really* set chrome as the default Ubuntu browser

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Mar 15, 20266041 views
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Problem

I want Chrome to be my default browser for everything. I don't want Firefox to open unless I want to use it explicitly. I've tried telling Chrome to set itself as the default I tried the instructions here and got as output: Yet when I click a link in an empathy chat window or from the launcher it o…

Error Output

[georgemauer@ubuntu:~]$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
There are 2 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-w…

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look at: ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list if the file is not there, create an empty one, then use the chrome feature to set it itself as default browser. If this not work, try adding this content. (check for the right .desktop file for Goog…

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