Change default web browser to lynx from terminal
First make .desktop
application for lynx
:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Lynx
Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'lynx %u'
And save it to application directory e.g /usr/share/applications/
naming like lynx.desktop
and give it execution permission (chmod+ x
).
Then set it as default web browser by using:
xdg-settings set default-web-browser lynx.desktop
Now try to Open link
and it will be open with lynx
in the terminal.
Note: lynx
is command-line web-browser and hence it needs terminal so-that I've used gnome-terminal
in my example Exec
command. Your terminal application may be different. This works for me with my current system.