Windows Browser - Setup

Linking your default browser to Ubuntu

To be sure that you can interact with your browser installed on Windows from your Ubuntu terminal, we need to set it as your default browser there.

:warning: You need to execute at least one of the following commands below:

<details> <summary>Google Chrome as your default browser</summary>

Run the command:

bash

  ls /mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe

Did you get an error like ls: cannot access...?

<details> <summary>Yes, I had an error</summary>

Run the following commands:

bash

  echo "export BROWSER=\"/mnt/c/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe\"" >> ~/.zshrc
  echo "export GH_BROWSER=\"'/mnt/c/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'\"" >> ~/.zshrc

</details> <details> <summary>No, everything was fine</summary>

Run the following commands:

bash

  echo "export BROWSER=\"/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe\"" >> ~/.zshrc
  echo "export GH_BROWSER=\"'/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'\"" >> ~/.zshrc

</details>

</details> <details> <summary>Mozilla Firefox as your default browser</summary>

Run the command:

bash

  ls /mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe

Did you get an error like ls: cannot access...?

<details> <summary>Yes, I had an error</summary>

Run the following commands:

bash

  echo "export BROWSER=\"/mnt/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe\"" >> ~/.zshrc
  echo "export GH_BROWSER=\"'/mnt/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe'\"" >> ~/.zshrc

</details> <details> <summary>No, everything was fine</summary>

Run the following commands:

bash

  echo "export BROWSER=\"/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe\"" >> ~/.zshrc
  echo "export GH_BROWSER=\"'/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe'\"" >> ~/.zshrc

</details>

</details> <details> <summary>Microsoft Edge as your default browser</summary>

Run the commands:

bash

  echo "export BROWSER=\"/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft/Edge/Application/msedge.exe\"" >> ~/.zshrc
  echo "export GH_BROWSER=\"'/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft/Edge/Application/msedge.exe'\"" >> ~/.zshrc

</details>

Restart your terminal.

Then please make sure that the following command returns "Browser defined 👌":

bash

[ -z "$BROWSER" ] && echo "ERROR: please define a BROWSER environment variable ⚠️" || echo "Browser defined 👌"

If it does not,

:heavy_check_mark: If you got this message, you can continue :+1:

:x: If not, choose a browser in the list above and execute the corresponding command. Then don't forget to reset your terminal:

bash

exec zsh

Do not hesitate to contact a teacher.