Apparently has the dudes behind Linux Mint decided that they want their own Google search engine in Firefox, which lacks many functions. Here follows some steps you shall take to change it back to the default search page:
- Open a terminal window.
- Type these lines after one another:
cd /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/firefox/ sudo wget http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/source/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml?raw=1 -O google.xml.fixed sudo mv google.xml google.xml.orig sudo mv google.xml.fixed google.xml sudo cp google.xml /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US/google.xml
- Maybe you have to restart Firefox now.
I found this solution on the Linux Mint forum: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17438
Tags: Firefox, Google, Google Search, Linux Mint
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