gh auth browser option does not open the browser

[mnyon-grandkru]

Running a gh auth refresh command results in the following:

➜  fantasm-vue2 git:(main) gh auth refresh
! Using secure storage could break installed extensions
! First copy your one-time code: A60D-EE6C
Press Enter to open github.com in your browser...

Command '/usr/bin/x-www-browser' requires the chromium snap to be installed.
Please install it with:

snap install chromium

/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: firefox: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: iceweasel: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: seamonkey: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: mozilla: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: epiphany: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: konqueror: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: chromium: not found

Command '/usr/bin/chromium-browser' requires the chromium snap to be installed.
Please install it with:

snap install chromium

/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: google-chrome: not found

[mnyon-grandkru]

This was resolved by configuring the browser explicitly on the command line: gh config set browser wslview