How To Install conkeror on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conkeror on Debian 9.
What is conkeror
conkeror is:
Conkeror is a highly-programmable web browser based on Mozilla’s rendering engine Gecko which is the base of all Mozilla products including Firefox. Conkeror has a sophisticated keyboard system for running commands and interacting with web page content, modelled after Emacs and Lynx. It is self-documenting and extensible with JavaScript.
It comes with builtin support for several Web 2.0 sites like several Google services (Search, Gmail, Maps, Reader, etc.), Del.icio.us, Reddit, Last.fm and YouTube. For easier editing of form fields, it can spawn external editors. For this feature the recommended conkeror-spawn-process-helper package needs to be installed.
Despite its very similar sounding name, Conkeror is not related to the KDE web browser and file manager Konqueror in any way.
There are three methods to install conkeror on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install conkeror Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install conkeror using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install conkeror
Install conkeror Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install conkeror using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install conkeror
Install conkeror Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install conkeror using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install conkeror
How To Uninstall conkeror on Debian 9
To uninstall only the conkeror package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove conkeror
Uninstall conkeror And Its Dependencies
To uninstall conkeror and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove conkeror
Remove conkeror Configurations and Data
To remove conkeror configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge conkeror
Remove conkeror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove conkeror configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conkeror
Dependencies
conkeror have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conkeror package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
