brave-browser: [Desktop]Cannot make Brave the default browser on Linux
Steps to Reproduce
- Go to chrome://settings/
- Scroll to
Default browser - Click
Make default - Open a file explorer and open a html file
Actual result:
Nothing happens. The browser is not made default File is not opened
Expected result:
The Make default disappears (like on other platforms)
Brave is made the default browser File is opened
Reproduces how often:
always
Brave version (chrome://version info)
| Brave | 0.55.6 Chromium: 70.0.3538.16 (Official Build) dev(64-bit) |
|---|---|
| Revision | 16ed95b41bb05e565b11fb66ac33c660b721f778-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#306} |
| OS | Linux |
Tested on Ubuntu 17.10
Reproducible on current release:
| Brave | 0.55.6 Chromium: 70.0.3538.16 (Official Build) dev(64-bit) |
|---|---|
| Revision | 16ed95b41bb05e565b11fb66ac33c660b721f778-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#306} |
| OS | Linux |
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 6 years ago
- Comments: 33 (7 by maintainers)
(SOLVED) I just went on: Settings - Default apps… - Web - brave.
…(PS)… My linux is Zorin 16 OS (ubuntu) I’m new here and it is my first time trying to help. So, i’m sorry for any mistakes or obvious noob moves, in advance.
Same issue on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTC.
Brave was installed via snap. If I delete second browser - Firefox, Brave became default browser, but every time on start asks to set Brave as default. I didn’t found where to disable this check (to devs: need to return this option). If I’ve installed FF again, FF became default automatically.
sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browsergives: no alternatives for gnome-www-browserFor me helps installing Firefox via snap (not via
aptas before)snap install firefoxthen Brave still default after install, but still asks to set default every run (at least might be ability to turn this behaviour off)@corecontingency What is the output of these two commands?
Also, what version does brave report in brave://version?
This works fine on Ubuntu. Making it default in settings sets it as system default browser. Issue could be specific to Arch Linux as we don’t have an official package there. @cg505 I believe you run Arch Linux as well. Could you double-check this and log a new issue for it and mark it as Arch specific?