How to set up Google Chrome as default browser in Xubuntu

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Published on 2012-05-28T10:33:48Z Indexed on 2012/10/08 15:52 UTC
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I use Xubuntu 12.04. I uninstalled Firefox and now use Google Chrome version 19.xxx.

To solve this problem, I tried:

  • galternatives

  • the "default apps" under settings and

  • sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

Neither of these worked. Does anybody have an alternative solution for this?

--> Solution: I used the "sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list" tip from ??? and searched for firefox in the whole document! Everytime I found "firefox" I replaced it with "google-chrome.desktop". I also used the "default apps" menu to change it to google-chrome. And now it works.. I hope it helps some other ;-)

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