annotate bin/setdefaultbrowser.sh @ 344:f833aef163c6

minor improvements
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:16:35 -0700
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1 #!/bin/bash
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3 # sudo update-alternatives --get-selections
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5 # http://askubuntu.com/questions/100693/how-can-i-manually-change-the-default-web-browser
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6 # http://askubuntu.com/questions/45885/how-do-i-set-a-custom-browser-as-default-in-preferred-applications?rq=1
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7 # http://fvue.nl/wiki/Linux:_Default_browser
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9 # cat /proc/$(pidof krunner)/environ | tr '\000' '\012' | grep BROWSER
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11 if [[ $(whoami) != 'root' ]]
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12 then
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13 echo "Must be run as root"
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14 exit 1
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15 fi
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17 BROWSER=/home/jhammel/firefox/firefox
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18 PREFIX=/usr/bin
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19 for LINK in gnome-www-browser x-www-browser
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20 do
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21 LINKPATH=${PREFIX}/${LINK}
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22 update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
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23 update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
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24 update-alternatives --set ${LINK} ${BROWSER}
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25 update-alternatives --display ${LINK}
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26 echo
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27 unlink ${LINKPATH}
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28 ln -s ${BROWSER} ${LINKPATH}
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29 done