How can I set up Chromium to open Transmission when clicking on a magnet link such as on TPB?
Chromium says that it will use xdg-open but that generally doesn't do anything
System: Manjaro Linux 0.8.5.2 fully upated
Desktop Environment: Xfce 4.10
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How can I set up Chromium to open Transmission when clicking on a magnet link such as on TPB?
Chromium says that it will use xdg-open but that generally doesn't do anything
System: Manjaro Linux 0.8.5.2 fully upated
Desktop Environment: Xfce 4.10
Best Answer
Chromium obeys the system-wide xdg settings. To configure opening magnet links with a custom application use the following command
You can also do this manually: Open the file
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
and add the following entry in the section[Default Applications]
:You can confirm the new setting with