Preferred Applications - no firefox

[hotwater (Vladyslav)]

Hi.
Preffered Applications don’t show firefox browser. Every time i launch firefox it asks me if I want to choose it as default browser, and im always choosing ‘yes’ though nothing changes.

$ uname -a:
Linux parrot 4.19.0-parrot1-13t-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.13-1parrot1.13t (2019-01-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:

[Default Applications]
text/plain=pluma.desktop;
image/jpeg=eom.desktop;
image/png=eom.desktop;
text/html=pluma.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/mailto=icedove.desktop;
application/x-extension-eml=icedove.desktop;
message/rfc822=icedove.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=iceweasel-common.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=iceweasel-common.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/about=iceweasel-common.desktop;
inode/directory=caja-folder-handler.desktop;
audio/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-mpegurl=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-scpls=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-vorbis+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-wav=vlc.desktop;
video/mp4=vlc.desktop;
video/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
video/mp2t=vlc.desktop;
video/msvideo=vlc.desktop;
video/quicktime=vlc.desktop;
video/webm=vlc.desktop;
video/x-avi=vlc.desktop;
video/x-flv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-matroska=vlc.desktop;
video/x-mpeg=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ogm+ogg=vlc.desktop;
image/bmp=eom.desktop;
image/gif=eom.desktop;
image/tiff=eom.desktop;
text/x-c++src=pluma.desktop;

[Added Associations]
text/html=pluma.desktop;
inode/directory=caja-folder-handler.desktop;
audio/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-mpegurl=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-scpls=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-vorbis+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-wav=vlc.desktop;
video/mp4=vlc.desktop;
video/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
video/mp2t=vlc.desktop;
video/msvideo=vlc.desktop;
video/quicktime=vlc.desktop;
video/webm=vlc.desktop;
video/x-avi=vlc.desktop;
video/x-flv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-matroska=vlc.desktop;
video/x-mpeg=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ogm+ogg=vlc.desktop;
image/bmp=eom.desktop;
image/gif=eom.desktop;
image/tiff=eom.desktop;
text/x-c++src=pluma.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=mozilla-firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=mozilla-firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/about=mozilla-firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/mailto=claws-mail.desktop;
application/x-extension-eml=claws-mail.desktop;
message/rfc822=claws-mail.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/mailto=mozilla-thunderbird.desktop;
application/x-extension-eml=mozilla-thunderbird.desktop;
message/rfc822=mozilla-thunderbird.desktop;

[dmknght (Nông Hoàng Tú)]

@hotwater

Every time i launch firefox it asks me if I want to choose it as default browser, and im always choosing ‘yes’ though nothing changes.

This is because firejail limited your firefox access. It is a bit annoying but it is not a bad thing.

[hotwater (Vladyslav)]

Why is that not a bad thing?

Because I can accidentally click something wrong? Or what?

[KidKlown (Matt)]

I would just open firefox without a profile and then set it as default. Probably the easiest way and you should only have to do it once.

Firefox states 'set default browser'

Firejail sandboxing prevents firefox from setting default browser, so the dialog will keep popping up. If you start firefox from the console without firejail : firejail --noprofile firefox Then go to preferences in firefox (you can type ‘about:preferences’ in the url bar) Right at the top should be a button that says ‘Make default’ or something similar, press that (It should tell you its now default). Now whenever you start firefox normally it should be default and wont prompt you again.

[hotwater (Vladyslav)]

Thanks! I ran firejail --noprofile firefox and then was able to choose it as preffered app.