Re: How can I choose an arbitrary executable or `*.desktop` file for specifying the default web browser?

[Ondrej Holy <oholy redhat com>]

Hi Wolfgang,

you have to create .desktop file for your executable and put in
respective location e.g. ~/.local/share/applications/. Also, the
desktop file needs to have
"x-scheme-handler/http" in "MimeType" at least.

Regards

Ondrej

ne 3. 3. 2019 v 11:36 odesílatel Wolfgang Jeltsch
<wolfgang-it jeltsch info> napsal:
> Hi!
>
> I’m using Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, which contains GNOME 3.18.
>
> The GNOME Control Center allows me to select a web browser under Details
> » Default Applications. However, the only choices it offers are browsers
> I’ve installed via Ubuntu’s package manager. How can I specify an
> arbitrary executable or `*.desktop` file to be used whenever a GNOME
> application wants to start a web browser?
>
> All the best,
> Wolfgang
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