How do I change the default browser?

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How do I change the default browser?

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Despite Chromium being set as my preferred web browser under "System Info", when I click a link in an IM window of Pidgin, it opens in Firefox. How do I make it so that links open in Chromium?

I am running:

Ubuntu 11.10

chromium-browser 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu1

pidgin 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2

EDIT:

I also tried sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser and selected chromium (in both auto and manual mode), but after running sensible-browser & it still loads Firefox.

Chromium is also set to the default browser within the Chromium -> Preferences -> Default Browser panel.

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When I installed and set my default browser to Chrome stable, sensible-browser & opened up Chrome correctly.

It must have just been an issue with Chromium.

[#42745] Monday, June 14, 2021, 3 Years [reply] [flag answer]

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