Has anyone found a way to set google chrome as the default web browser?

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#1

I know a lot of people dont want his, but I use a mix of browsers for different tasks deliberately. I’d like to set chrome as my default web browser but cant seem to find a way to make that stick.

#2

You could start with telling what desktop environment you are using as well as how you installed chrome.

#3

oh? that matters?

Gnome, I used the flatpack “Software” store

#4

Can you select Chrome in Settings - Default Applications, Web?

#5

it is currently set to chome, but clicking a link in a 3rd party app like for instance discord, launches Fire Fox still

#6

Then it is the question for these applications. For discord this may help:

Default web browser setting not respected by Discord [Linux] : r/discordapp (reddit.com)

#7

This seems to have changed two of them but not the other two.

senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
firefox.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/http
com.google.Chrome.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
firefox.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/https
com.google.Chrome.desktop

This does not change behavior for https links, I am struggling to find a non-https link to test with (i guess thats a good thing)

#8

I do not know what “this” refers to. If the only commands you executed were query, then I would not expect them to change anything.

#9

the solution in that link you sent me

xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
xdg-mime default chromium.desktop scheme-handler/http
xdg-mime default chromium.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
xdg-mime default chromium.desktop scheme-handler/https

I ran each of these, the results were :

senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
firefox.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/http
com.google.Chrome.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
firefox.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/https
com.google.Chrome.desktop
#10

You said you were using Google Chrome. Why are you trying to set Chromium as default browser? Apparently, it is not even installed so these commands do nothing.

#11

ah ha!
I see what you mean… thank you!
this fixed it:

senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime default com.google.Chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/http
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime default com.google.Chrome.desktop scheme-handler/http
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime default com.google.Chrome.desktop x-scheme-handler/https
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime default com.google.Chrome.desktop scheme-handler/https
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
com.google.Chrome.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/http
com.google.Chrome.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
com.google.Chrome.desktop
senectus@HotblackDesiatosXPS:~> xdg-mime query default scheme-handler/https
com.google.Chrome.desktop