[Solved] Set Chromium default browser

Here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ch … lt_browser it says to put
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
BROWSER=chromium
fi
in ~/.profile
I have put it but chromium is still not the default browser. Should I put something more than this in empty .profile I just created?
Thank you
Last edited by hariskar (2012-12-01 05:38:33)

As far as I can see in the link you have posted there are additional options/procedures in order to make sure Chromium is the default browser. Did you try them?

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