I'm on Linux Mint Olivia. I just installed Lynx.
How do I set Lynx as my browser, so when I open links from the terminal, they open in that terminal with Lynx?
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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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2not sure what you mean 'when I open links from the terminal'? In a terminal window you can open a webpage with lynx by typing e.g. `lynx http://www.mypage.com`. – gogoud Jan 23 '16 at 08:50
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1`xdg-settings set default-web-browser lynx` – Costas Jan 23 '16 at 09:16
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`sudo update-alternatives --set x-www-browser "$(which linx)"` – Costas Jan 23 '16 at 09:30
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@Costas you've to provide `.desktop` application to `xdg-settings` – Pandya Jan 23 '16 at 09:43
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1@gogoud It might be something like [this](http://imgur.com/0JpSv0H) – Pandya Jan 23 '16 at 11:53
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First make .desktop application for lynx:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Lynx
Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'lynx %u'
And save it to application directory e.g /usr/share/applications/ naming like lynx.desktop and give it execution permission (chmod +x /usr/share/applications/lynx.desktop).
Then set it as default web browser by using:
xdg-settings set default-web-browser lynx.desktop
Now try to Open link and it will be open with lynx in the terminal.
Note: lynx is command-line web-browser and hence it needs terminal so-that I've used gnome-terminal in my example Exec command. Your terminal application may be different. This works for me with my current system.
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1Linux Mint Olivia is derived from Debian; using `x-terminal-emulator` is the way to go, rather than hard-code specific terminal names. – Thomas Dickey Jan 23 '16 at 13:34
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if you add `--tab` after `gnome-terminal` it gets added to existing terminal windows – Kiara Grouwstra Aug 23 '22 at 13:54
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Since I'm not using GNOME, I used the following for the .desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Lynx
Exec=lynx %u
Terminal=true
Categories=Network;
Icon=/usr/share/applications/lynx.jpg
Changes include:
- Use the default terminal
- Added to category (try looking under "Internet")
- Added icon (included here)
