{"id":47364,"date":"2024-10-15T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47364"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:32:06","slug":"open-certain-url-web-browsers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/open-certain-url-web-browsers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open Certain URL Links in Specific Web Browsers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tutorial shows how to configure Ubuntu or other Linux to redirect certain URLs or domains to specific web browser, while leaving all others open in the default browser.<\/p>\n

When clicking an URL in email reader, chat app, and other apps, it by default opens the linked page in system default web browser. However, some users may prefer to open certain websites in non-default browser. For example, use Google Chrome for watching YouTube, while using Firefox as default.<\/p>\n

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Besides using a third-party app (e.g., Junction<\/a>) to pop-up dialog letting you choose which app to open the link with, Linux user can create a simple script to tell which browser to use when clicking an URL.<\/p>\n

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Junction lets you choose which app to open link with<\/p><\/div>\n

And, below I’m going to show to how to do the trick step by step.<\/p>\n

NOTE: The steps below are written for default GNOME Desktop. It ALSO works in other desktops, though you may need to change the way to create the files and configure default browser.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 1: Find out path to executable files of your web browsers<\/h3>\n

For beginners who don’t even know where are the executable files of the web browsers in system, first press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up a terminal window.<\/p>\n

To find the browsers installed as native .deb<\/code> (or .rpm<\/code>) packages, try the command below:<\/p>\n

whereis firefox<\/pre>\n
Replace firefox<\/code> with yours web browser name. NOTE: Linux console in case sensitive<\/b>, so you may also try Firefox<\/code> if the last command output nothing.<\/p>\n
Native app packages usually install executable files into \/usr\/bin<\/code>. So, you may also run ls \/usr\/bin<\/b><\/code> to list all files in that directory.<\/p>\n
If your browsers were installed via Snap<\/b> and\/or Flatpak<\/b> packages, then run the commands below to check the following bin directories:<\/p>\n
ls \/snap\/bin<\/pre>\n
ls \/var\/lib\/flatpak\/exports\/bin\/<\/pre>\n
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So, path to executable of your web browser, firefox for example, should be similar to one of below:<\/p>\n