Good Afternoon!
How to set default web Browser in antiX?
I need this, because, after I have installed Google Chrome, almost all programs, which are configured to open hyperlinks in system default browser, open them in Google Chrome, not in Firefox. And I have problems with Google Chrome described
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So how to make, that programs would open hyperlinks in Firefox?

( This topic probably merits coverage as a FAQ item )

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the"Web Browser" link in the menu is a shortcut to the default browser according to the desktop-session system in antiX.
You can change the preference in Control Center>Preferred Applications.

Rademes, back in July 2015, dolphin_oracle posted a video titled"antiX 15 - Top 5 annoyances (and fixes!)" describing howto


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Not specific to setting default web browser (but might be relevant to doing so), I'm not certain a"one-stop shopping" solution exists for specifying"default applications" and/or"mimetype handlers". Even after using sudo update-alternatives and tweaking via"galternatives" (available debian package, not preinstalled in antiX) I've found it necessary to individually change"handlers" specified within various individual apps. For instance, after installing a new/preferred text editor, still need to perform the additional step of visiting spacefm preferences & specifying the changed editor therein.

Firefox is already set as Preferred browser:

But hyperlinks are still being opened in Chrome. Later I will try another solutions.

When you find out what is needed to make this work please post your steps and procedures so hopefully I can add them into the default applications app in the control center so it works better in the future.

I was able to set the default browser using galternatives package. Looks like Google Chrome acts"Like a BOSS" and sets priority = 200, while Firefox has priority only 70.

Manually selecting Firefox in sections gnome-www-browser and x-www-browser made programs to open hyperlinks using it.
Is it possible to change launching priority in galternatives? For example set to Firefox priority = 300?

Rademes wrote:Is it possible to change launching priority in galternatives? For example set to Firefox priority = 300?

Go to section"x-www-browser" and click on the Add button.
In the adding options set Path = /usr/bin/firefox-esr (or wherever your Firefox binary is located) and select priority = 300. This will overwrite the old priority value.

Thank You! Solved!