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Set Alacritty as Default Terminal Editor (Ubuntu)
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set-alacritty-default.sh
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator $(which alacritty) 50
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
@dav1d-wright
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@K1ngjulien Thank you, this helped me a lot! 🥇 👍

@emilBeBri
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yes very nice @K1ngjulien !! thx a bunch

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thank you. Now how to set it back to default ?

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aanari commented Apr 29, 2024

Thanks for this.

What does the 50 at the end do?

Also, consider using $(which alacritty) rather than hard coding /usr/bin/alacritty. For me alacritty was installed somewhere else.

From the man page, this is the "priority" which is used for the following purpose - "when a link group is in automatic mode, the alternatives system ensures that the links in the group point to the highest priority alternative appropriate for the group." In other words if a decision needs to be made as to which link is used, the numerically higher value wins out.

Good suggestion - I updated the script to use $(which alacritty) 👍

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