Opening links in and from the web browser
Change which web browser websites are opened in
In case you use Evolution under a different environment from GNOME,
Open a terminal application.
Find out the name of the .desktop file for your preferred browser. Depending on your browser and distribution, the file might be called for example epiphany.desktop, firefox.desktop, google-chrome.desktop, konqbrowser.desktop, or opera-browser.desktop. If you are unsure you can look up most .desktop files in the folder /usr/share/applications/.
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Type this command, replace browser.desktop by the actual filename, and press Enter:
xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler https browser.desktop
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Type this command, replace browser.desktop by the actual filename, and press Enter:
xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler http browser.desktop
Evolution may need to be restarted for the settings to take effect.
If the error message "xdg-settings: command not found" is shown, you need to install the package xdg-utils.
Change which mail application is used to write emails
Please see the GNOME Desktop Help.
Advanced options
If you have a technical background you can also tweak these settings by defining scheme-handlers in $HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.