How to make Urxvt my default terminal

[arnauld]

Hi,

As I wish to use Urxvt as my terminal, I installed it and uninstall xfce4 terminal on my Xfce EndeavourOS system . However, now, the system won’t launch Urxvt but is looking for the Xfce4 terminal, which it can’t find as it was uninstalled and I have an error message.

How can I have Urxvt as the system terminal? I selected it in the default app settings but it still doesn’t launch, e.g when I try to update from the Assistant launcher…

Sorry, none of the terminal programs:
xfce4-terminal konsole gnome-terminal mate-terminal lxterminal deepin-terminal terminator qterminal alacritty tilix termite xterm kitty terminology sakura
is installed. Some features may not work as expected.

Thank you.

[dalto]

That program only supports specific terminals. Because every terminal uses different syntax to run a command in the terminal, it doesn’t currently support urxvt.

Also, it is always a good idea to have a backup terminal installed in the event your break your terminal somehow.

You could, however, edit /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf and set EOS_YAD_TERMINAL="urxvt"

[arnauld]

@dalto

Also, it is always a good idea to have a backup terminal installed in the event your break your terminal somehow.

Thank you.
I could change to Urxvt.

That’s a very good idea, I will reinstall the xfce4 terminal too just in case.