How do I set default terminal to terminator

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Using Xubuntu   I d like to have terminator replace the default terminal   For instance  when right-clicking inside a folder then selecting open terminal  I d like Terminator to open instead of the default   How can I achieve this

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open dconf Editor and go to org   gnome   desktop   application   terminal and  change gnome-terminal to terminator

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From within a terminal  try  sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator   Select the desired terminal from the list of alternatives

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Copy-paste the following into your current terminal   gsettings set org gnome desktop default-applications terminal exec  usr bin terminator gsettings set org gnome desktop default-applications terminal exec-arg  -x    This modifies the dconf to make terminator the default program  You could also use dconf-editor  a GUI-based tool  to make changes to the dconf  as another answer has suggested  If you would like to learn and understand more about this topic  this may help you

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The only way that worked for me was   Open nautilus or nemo as root user gksudo nautilus Go to  usr bin Change name of your default terminal to any other name for exemple  orig gnome-terminal  rename your favorite terminal as  gnome-terminal

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change Settings Manager    Preferred Applications    Utilities

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devnull is right    sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator   works  See here and here  and some comments in here

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In xfce  e g  on Arch Linux  you can change the parameter TerminalEmulator    TerminalEmulator xfce4-terminal   to   TerminalEmulator custom-TerminalEmulator   The next time you want to open a terminal window  xfce will ask you to choose an emulator  You can just pick  usr bin terminator   System Defaults   etc xdg xfce4 helpers rc   User Defaults   home USER  config xfce4

[ubuntu] How do I set default terminal to terminator?

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