Contents of freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 123, Issue 4 (Default browser)

[Trix Farrar]

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> What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)?
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> The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser.
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I'm not sure if you're asking about port-building or your desktop
environment.  I'll go with the former.

If you add

WITH_MOZILLA=firefox

to your /etc/make.conf file, then any browser ports that depend on
mozilla like (on a GNOME system, anyway) galeon, epiphany, and yelp,
will use firefox as their core instead.

On the other hand, if you're running GNOME 2.12, you want to look under
Desktop -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications.  The "Web Browser" tab
should be the first one to come up.

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