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Hi I'm having some trouble on 18.04 LTS where whenever I attempt to open a link within either the terminal or specific applications my Waterfox 2019.10 browser opens up (it's recognized as my default browser in "Preferred Applications") but the link does not load. All it shows is my homepage. I assume a fix for Firefox would work here as well..

I've tried changing

sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

but that didn't seem to help the issue.

edit: so I tried installing waterfox a different way, via the Software desktop utility under waterfox-snap, and now all appears to be working well. Not sure why I had this issue installing from the tar file from waterfox themselves..

cerpin1taxt
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To open links from the terminal in firefox use firefox command :

firefox "URL"

See man firefox for more options.

In general, to open files or links in their default software use the gio (Gnome Input/output) utility :

gio open "URL"

This will open the URL in the default browser. If the URL is a local file's location, it opens it in its default software.

See man gio for more options.

sks-15
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