Lubuntu 14.10 - Setting default browser

Solution 1:

run the following in a terminal:

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

It will present you a list of available browsers that are installed, and lets you select your default one.

Solution 2:

Click Start bar -> Preferences -> LXQT Settings -> LXQT Configuration Center -> Sessions Settings and then in 'web-browser' click 'search'.

The default folder should be /usr/bin.
Scroll and find 'google-chrome'

If it's not there, download google chrome from here and install it with 'Discover'.
Then redo the steps above.

Once set, re-login, or restart.

Solution 3:

In Lubuntu there is an application in the menu called default applications for lxsession. It is under Preferences. Once you open it, merely navigate to web browser and choose the browser that you would like to be the default choice. Alternatively, there is a choice in Firefox and there probably is one in chrome as well where you choose it to be the default browser. In Firefox go to Edit->Preferences->General.

Solution 4:

Go to preferences -> configure alternatives, in list groups, choose gnome-www-browser and set it to google-chrome-stable with the lowest priority. To test how it works, type gnome-www-browser in the console and chrome should pop off.