Ubuntu – Xubuntu 13.10: unable to change default terminal

13.10terminatorxfce4-terminalxubuntu

I am on Xubuntu 13.10 64 bit. I want to change the default terminal emulator to Terminator. Currently the default terminal emulator is Xfce-Terminal. I do

sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

I get

 Selection    Path                             Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/bin/terminator               50        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/koi8rxterm               20        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/lxterm                   30        manual mode
* 3            /usr/bin/terminator               50        manual mode
  4            /usr/bin/uxterm                   20        manual mode
  5            /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal.wrapper   40        manual mode
  6            /usr/bin/xterm                    20        manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 

It does not matter if I choose 0 or 3 The default terminal is Xfce-Terminal. I mean:

  • Super key + T will open Xfce-Terminal
  • Right click -> Open Terminal here will open Xfce-Terminal

I'm used to configure Crunchbang, Openbox is easy to configure, but on Ubuntu + Xfce I don't know what to do: Should I configure some files? Should I run a terminal command? Should I use Nautilus actions?

Best Answer

I think there's an option to do so using the GUI, though I've never needed to change my terminal, I did go through a period of using PCManFM before Thunar had tabs.

I think it's under Settings Manager → Preferred Applications → Utilities (or something like that).

Maybe also purging the others would provide a solution - but I've tried to remove default packages in the past and found they're dependencies of xubuntu-desktop (which, obviously, you don't want to remove).