Software Center ignores default browser setting
Bug #777392 reported by
Steve Mottram
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
|
Rahul |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
When I click on a link to the homepage for any application in Software Center in Ubuntu Natty, my default browser setting is ignored and the link is opened in Firefox. I currently have Chrome set as the default browser. Most other applications respect my default browser choice. For example, running gnome-www-browser in a terminal opens Chrome, as expected
If it makes any difference, I am running Unity 2D desktop.
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rahul (rahulshantagiri9999) |
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I also have Chromium set as default, and software-center opened the website in Chromium. However the code uses the webbrowser python module, which should open the default browser UNLESS there is a BROWSER environment variable set, in which case the browser preference list is overridden by this. I have tried setting the BROWSER variable, and in that case software-center did open the sites in Firefox indeed.
So to check whether you also have a BROWSER variable set, type in the terminal 'echo $BROWSER' (and please post the output here). To clear the environment variable use the terminal command 'unset BROWSER'. Please comment the result after trying these.