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I have Lubuntu 18.10 and can't seem to make Google Chrome Stable the default browser. I read online to go here in the terminal and choose browser and press enter, BUT, this does not work:

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

I set up my keyboard with shortcut keys to hit CtrlB to pop up my browser, but Firefox pops up instead. How can I make Google Chrome my default browser in Lubuntu 18.10?

roaima
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Karen Atkisson
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  • Hello Karen. You appear to be using two different accounts with the same name. I would recommend that you [merge them](https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/merging-accounts), which will make editing your own question much easier. – roaima Apr 11 '19 at 21:43

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Open a terminal and do:

export BROWSER=""
xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop

In the last step, you can use google-chrome-stable.desktop instead of google-chrome.desktop.

Credit is due to the comment of the accepted answer https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/310892

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This worked for me on: Ubuntu 22.10 ("Kinetic")

  • Preferences > LXQt Settings > File Associations > Default Applications tab > Web Browser (presently set to Google Chrome)
  • choose change > Firefox > ok
  • choose change > choose Google Chrome > ok
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John McLean
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I just uninstalled firefox and google chrome is now the default browser.

Dhanish Kumar
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    Welcome on U&L! This looks like a workaround (e.g. what about users that may want to keep both the browsers installed?). Any idea on how to achieve the same result using system settings? – fra-san Jul 02 '19 at 06:35