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Howto make google chrome the default browser

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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Problem:I installed google-chrome but somehow it would not set itself as the default browser (example: clicking a link in terminator opened firefox/iceweasel).After a long search here on the forums I found the solution(s) to my problem:I hope this works for others to..Howto:Find out where chrome is installed (in my case it is /usr/bin/google-chrome) but firefox seems to be in /opt/firefox/firefoxCheck if chrome is known as your default browser.Open a terminal:sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browserThis will show you this example:Selection    Path        &n (HowTos)

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Submitted by ziyi on 07/11/2012 – Made popular on 07/11/2012

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