How To Install firefox-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is firefox-dbg
firefox-dbg is:
Firefox delivers safe, easy web browsing. A familiar user interface, enhanced security features including protection from online identity theft, and integrated search let you get the most out of the web.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the Firefox web browser Build-Ids: 0ee9df7741ca967d66f5394ad5df61b69d541b98 1139b266658da8fdedb2cddb3028f9f4e24b69dc 1f1b72ad0c645fd91c41c475671a8e8cbfad3ec9 21b98b629f363c541d8bf354526f525c7aa4b86f 4c9b325ee4b966cbdb8cc3747c6febf35175c7ea 57b4fa6d06ba9954df03a075f288766234ced0bf 5823fdbe838a1cfee751b2f98207cd74b1f4d4cf 662cc430e470ec20ae38012c9ad0b49edcf6a7d1 67b83e9f281a68e9a7a1e9e9c343d3b7a1c4387b 700d10431772de4420675d4e60263f2feaf41c6d 73705f6425ac42003f3aa07dbe9b0336d726c1ad 77f0f6ac1301fdf6305b2acb3d1508aa12d9a217 7812cfb657eb27f639175fd2c420182a7aeb6c71 8b89c6ad896bd89ef6bd02fdaa47b4dc959e07ac 9ab4d83b903ed03e9be153eb15ef48dc771324d4 c81e6080644067a086229532933dd4135fd0565e cd246f32356c8b190d53a6306605e045d8a0e0a1 d4fd39e27839204172688f96310e6fc6fb62c5ad e1a56c725e2a40da20edb1a5f21af60bdd4ca541 e34dde682ac8f029e13f90fec75a8cf659793ca3 e3804ac5a7e618c34414f1683f9789f4c61c6cc7 f334170f496f6d74f525ac5d30624b5d1b43f5e2 fe3d2ea68aaaef6503f42663e336facc01ba71d8 707b3220f3b7359c6dd6da2651ac684554759545
Package: firefox-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: debug Source: firefox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Mozilla Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 486904 Depends: firefox (= 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-dbg_75.0+build3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 464751704 MD5sum: e5f43f5e3105e462d2d34b89867281cc SHA1: c32a2317f36914afc2415d3e7309224d2c44c1c8 SHA256: e44ad1b260c33125169a8cb4a2cd995cf87f2c22d1faf1401e691db36594d4eb Description-en: Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - debug symbols Firefox delivers safe, easy web browsing. A familiar user interface, enhanced security features including protection from online identity theft, and integrated search let you get the most out of the web.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the Firefox web browser Build-Ids: 16770cf091832c62061e44dff584ef62930b530f 27a52cd1a037be32935a1524a1c2ea954db370df 2b20fa9506e06cf1d85c0a98e506a5d6854e5be2 2e7fab727f5e8a8952022547b8d01b4bd951c360 32d7bd2263bd53a2ab6e736bc1a5efe73575fac7 37fe902308bbb1010cff3126cf61246a166d93be 4bcbed1a7ca8924b8172f0aee5426be74774f862 745a518cc2f061a3260d2226e487db89566931fd 8e6e3adb6cf26e6ed6da588abeb724d2fb14213d 9893a9d4ffa9a3e1712e0bdb7063ddb54efad470 9bf39366f6bc0ebed2c33e62906dce24d9f35411 a55d3bcda2dbba3e604c0151d7c1d41a53b6e35a ac8c27be09fc6dba3cf1ffa4b4d8e1684820fa5b b0a4bfaa6ce1268525acebff49aa865e32e81690 b4ccb483e4f62d090f35f2d85b1b5b67b40f76ca caa2971fc7b75c1c96c3a9cca50a3ab715029711 d0f0a25b657c7398a54888ce6a1e13ee4ed70b36 da4db494479b0b1d8c227517903d865901e86185 dbf8a083cce3327eeee49e4b34e5d6410a31d5f1 df2ed49ec254925542095b69f0c6ac2ca6d2d889 e681f84510d91e2d2a12a4b811206da3238ca89b ea570970c54f78dbde3d5418a25359eab12529d6 ec06597edcda37775fa04a8fa4b52ae7a802f382 f4959326825020253c86f5dcc49c5e9e0c71b7e0 f824d339f93186950ed9fa5cf46d9b5dc4ce9b49
There are three methods to install firefox-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firefox-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install firefox-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firefox-dbg
Install firefox-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firefox-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firefox-dbg
Install firefox-dbg 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install firefox-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firefox-dbg
How To Uninstall firefox-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the firefox-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firefox-dbg
Uninstall firefox-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firefox-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firefox-dbg
Remove firefox-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove firefox-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firefox-dbg
Remove firefox-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firefox-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firefox-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.