On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:23:27 +0000 "jindam, vani" <jindam.v...@disroot.org> wrote:
> i have installed debian bullseye on userland > app. i have disabled recomnend packages for my > entire packages. i have installed openbox. when > i click "web browser" it does not launch > "lynx browser". i have changed x-www-browser > to lynx. how do i configure my system to > use lynx browser for html files, open links, > open in external viewer, etc..? You don't indicate your desktop, which may be significant. For one thing, there may be other alternatives you might need to set: root@jhegaala:~# ls /etc/alternatives/*www*browser* /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser root@jhegaala:~# ll /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 10 2021 /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable* root@jhegaala:~# ll /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 10 2021 /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser -> /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable* root@jhegaala:~# In addition, XFCE (which I use) has its Default Applications app separate from alternatives. Right click on the desktop -> Applications -> Settings -> Default Applications Your desktop will likely have some such. And there is also the Debian sensible browser. root@jhegaala:~# ll $(which sensible-browser ) -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1230 Jan 12 2021 /usr/bin/sensible-browser* root@jhegaala:~# file $(which sensible-browser ) /usr/bin/sensible-browser: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable It depends in part on the BROWSER environment variable, which on my system is not set. It manages to produce Vivaldi. There is one I haven't figured out yet. If you mouse over a URL in xfce4-terminal, the terminal will underline the URL. Right click, and the menu will offer to open the link. On my system, that still brings up Netscape. And there are probably other ways to launch a browser I haven't yet stumbled across. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
