Is it ok to totally purge Firefox from Linux Lite? Would it delete any packages that are needed elsewhere?
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Don't think that should pose any problems.
Just ran "sudo apt-get purge --dry-run firefox" in a terminal and it only showed that firefox would be removed -- nothing else.
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A related problem I have found .
I prefer to use Chrome . I am having difficulty getting Lite to accept it as my default browser . Most of the time after I supplied the full path to where Chrome is installed its better although sometimes I get asked which browser I want - which is easy to do, just click chrome
But with some 'Help' requests Firefox is automatically opened . In Lite 1.0.8 I had problems because of this when I deleted Firefox as there was no Browser available . Not tried in Lite 2 .
It might not be a big problem for you but I just thought I would make you aware .
Colin
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Thanks Goldfinger.
Colin23erk: I appreciate the heads up.
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Hello!
Have you folks tried changing the default browser from Firefox to Chrome in Menu > Settings > Preferred Applications? I don't use anything else but FF, so I haven't tried this personally to see whether or not this will work...
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Rob
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Hello Rob
Just revisited Preferred Applications and Set Browser to Google-Chrome-Stable . which is the Full Path of where Chrome gets installed ( /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable "%s ")
My problem was caused by getting a Prompt that Chrome is not my Default Browser .
You must click on "Do not ask me again" .
If you click on "YES" it cancels the Chrome option in Preferred Applications
Hope this Helps
Colin
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So far, no problems after it asked me to pick my default browser (Midori).