Setting Default Browser in Linux Terminal

Using xdg

1. Install xdg-utils

   • On Debian based systems, you can install xdg-utils with

     sudo apt install xdg-utils
     

   • On Arch based systems, you can install xdg-utils with

      sudo pacman -S xdg-utils
     

2. Set Default Browser

   xdg-settings set default-web-browser firefox.desktop
   

   Replace firefox.desktop with the name of your browser's desktop file.

   • You can list all available browsers with

     ls /usr/share/applications/*.desktop
     

   • To search for a specific browser, use the grep command.

     ls /usr/share/applications/*.desktop | grep -i firefox
     

     Replace firefox with the name of your browser.