You Receive “Unable to Launch Browser input/output error” on Ubuntu Xfce Desktop

Case:

You access your Ubuntu machine over VNC using Xfce4 desktop, everything works perfectly but when launching Default web nrowser your receive the error:

“Unable to Launch Browser input/output error”

Solution:

Install chrome browser and set it as default browser, this happens because default server installation deoesn’t include a web browser:

1. download it using this command: wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
2. execute the downloaded installer: sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
3. launch the browser: google-chrome

1. run xfce4-settings-manager
2. find “Default Applications”
3. under “Web Browser”, click “Chrome”