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Thread: Changing default terminal when clicking kali commands from Applications Menu

  1. #1
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    Question Changing default terminal when clicking kali commands from Applications Menu

    I like Tilix, but when accessing tools from the Applications Menu, it defaults to gterminal.

    I ran:

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

    output:


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

    I then selected option 5. Then ran command again and got:

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

    Looks like Tilix is selected but gnome-term is still in auto mode. Is this the issue? if, so, how would i go about changing this.
    Didn't get much help from update-alternatives --help

    Thanks!

  2. #2
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    2021-Jan
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    I wanted to do exactly this and ran into the same issue as you with that method.

    I got around this through the Application Menu.
    Go to: Settings > Default Applications > Utilities and use the Terminal Emulator dropdown to select or browse to the Tilix executable.

    CTRL + ALT + T should bring up your default terminal emulator as Tilix now

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