annotate bin/setdefaultbrowser.sh @ 766:fb03f2527562

remove this; it shouldnt be necessary
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:30:41 -0800
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1 #!/bin/bash
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3 # To get all selections:
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4 # update-alternatives --get-selections
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6 # To get a particular selection:
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7 # update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
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9 # http://askubuntu.com/questions/100693/how-can-i-manually-change-the-default-web-browser
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10 # http://askubuntu.com/questions/45885/how-do-i-set-a-custom-browser-as-default-in-preferred-applications?rq=1
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11 # http://fvue.nl/wiki/Linux:_Default_browser
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13 # cat /proc/$(pidof krunner)/environ | tr '\000' '\012' | grep BROWSER
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15 if [[ $(whoami) != 'root' ]]
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16 then
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17 echo "Must be run as root"
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18 exit 1
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19 fi
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21 BROWSER=/home/jhammel/firefox/firefox
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22 PREFIX=/usr/bin
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23 for LINK in gnome-www-browser x-www-browser
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24 do
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25 LINKPATH=${PREFIX}/${LINK}
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26 update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
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27 update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
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28 update-alternatives --set ${LINK} ${BROWSER}
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29 update-alternatives --display ${LINK}
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30 # unlink ${LINKPATH}
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31 # ln -s ${BROWSER} ${LINKPATH}
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32 done