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Thomas Quinot 7 years ago
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@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ from ports: `x11-fonts/symbola`.
(Note: `x11-fonts/gnu-unifont` and `x11-fonts/gnu-unifont-ttf` are not
nearly as exhaustive.)
**Update 2017-01-23** Similar problem on Debian (CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
(U+24CB), Ⓥ was missing). Resolved by installing `fonts-linuxlibertine`.

@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ raster data through a proprietary network protocol implemented as
a closed source binary plugin to the CUPS filtering system.
In addition to CUPS, the following ports must be installed:
* print/hplip
* print/hplip-plugin

@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
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layout: post
title: "Chaging default browser for GNOME on Debian"
date: 2017-10-11 11:25:00 +0200
comments: true
categories:
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Problem position
================
I have `chromium` and `firefox-esr` installed. I want `gvfs-open`
to default to the latter when opening a web URL.
Alternatives
============
There are /etc/alternatives entries for `x-www-browser` and
`gnome-www-browser` that can be manually edited using
# update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser
# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
Unsuprisingly, this won't have the desired effect. Life
would be too simple...
GNOME MIME
==========
The default browser for GNOME applications is determined using
`gvfs-mime`. Per-user overrides can be specified in
`~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list`. System-wide
defaults are generated by `update-desktop-database` and
stored in `/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache`.
Quoting https://wiki.debian.org/MIME:
> The mimeinfo.cache is basically a raw reverse cache for the
> .desktop information. There is no way to define priorities in it.
> To be able to specify default applications, a mimeapps.list file
> (previously named defaults.list up to debian 5) must be created.
> It can be system-wide (in /usr/share/applications or a subdirectory)
> or user-specific (in $HOME/.local/share/applications).
And indeed the fix was to reorder the list from `mimeinfo.cache`,
and create the following file:
```plain /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list
[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/http=firefox-esr.desktop;chromium.desktop;google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=firefox-esr.desktop;chromium.desktop;google-chrome.desktop;
```
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