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Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?



On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:45:06 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> I had x-www-browser set to vivaldi but web links still got opened in
> epiphany, I tried changing just about every setting I could find for a
> browser to vivaldi but I still got epiphany.

There isn't a single interface for defining what you mean by a "default
web browser".  Each application does this however its authors saw fit
to implement.

Invoking /usr/bin/x-www-browser is one way, and setting that link will
work for the apps that implement this choice.

Some apps use XDG's way, which is described at
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41172692/xdg-open-does-not-open-the-default-browser#comments-link-41172692>.

Others may use MIME, in which case you would configure some file
or other.  It used to be ~/.mailcap but apparently XDG is trying to
move this to ~/.config/mimeapps.list (according to
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57667116/how-do-i-set-the-default-browser-for-xdg-open-on-centos-7-if-xdg-settings-has-no#comments-link-57667116>).

Still other applications may respect an environment variable, such
as $BROWSER, or they may only have their own unique configuration
for it.

Welcome to Unix/Linux.


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