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When I click on a apt:// link in Chromium Ubuntu Software Center handles the link. How can I change it to gdebi/apturl?

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Gdebi doesn't have functionality of opening apt: links, however apturl does.There is a way to set default application for x-scheme-handler links with xdg-mime command.

First make sure apturl is installed on your system, 

sudo apt-get install apturl

Latest version of chromium already uses xdg-open for any x-scheme-handler links.To configure xdg-open with apturl , go through following steps:

Make sure they are all set correctly:

  • Hit Alt+F2
  • Enter gconf-editor
  • Navigate to the /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/apt/command, it should be set to apturl "%s".

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Now set apturl default for any apt links:

xdg-mime default apturl.desktop x-scheme-handler/apt

It will set apturl as default application for apt links.You can check it by running xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/apt in the terminal(output would be apturl.desktop)

Now whenever you click apt in chromium, it will use apturl.

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DONE!!

Nagendra Rao
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Khurshid Alam
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  • How do I do this programmatically? – Nordlöw Feb 04 '14 at 22:30
  • What do you men by "programmatically" ? – Khurshid Alam Feb 05 '14 at 14:43
  • I mean change gconf values programmatically from the shell. Then I can script the change so I don't have to change this by hand using gconf-editor every time I install Ubuntu on a new computer. The command dconf can do just that. However I don't know if all the keys in gconf and dconf are named the samed way. – Nordlöw Feb 05 '14 at 20:44
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    Since natty it does not depend on gconf-value (gconf depreciated, dconf is used now). Instead it uses apturl.desktop in /usr/share/application which is there by default. open it in gedit. Make sure exec part read like this: Exec=apturl %u. Then proceed as described above. – Khurshid Alam Feb 05 '14 at 21:01
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    You can change dconf/gconf settings using gconftool-2 or gsettings. For example, for dconf its something like : gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel false. http://askubuntu.com/questions/72070/how-do-i-change-dconf-keys-without-a-gui-for-a-post-install-script – Khurshid Alam Feb 05 '14 at 21:02