How To Install firefox-esr-mobile-config on Debian 12

Learn how to install firefox-esr-mobile-config on Debian 12 with this tutorial. firefox-esr-mobile-config is Default mobile-friendly configuration for Firefox ESR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-esr-mobile-config on Debian 12.

What is firefox-esr-mobile-config

firefox-esr-mobile-config is:

This package provides a set of configuration files aimed at making Firefox ESR more mobile-friendly. It provides:

  • default preferences values
  • custom userChrome.css

There are three methods to install firefox-esr-mobile-config on Debian 12. 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-esr-mobile-config 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-esr-mobile-config using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firefox-esr-mobile-config

Install firefox-esr-mobile-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firefox-esr-mobile-config using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firefox-esr-mobile-config

Install firefox-esr-mobile-config 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 firefox-esr-mobile-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firefox-esr-mobile-config

How To Uninstall firefox-esr-mobile-config on Debian 12

To uninstall only the firefox-esr-mobile-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firefox-esr-mobile-config

Uninstall firefox-esr-mobile-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firefox-esr-mobile-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firefox-esr-mobile-config

Remove firefox-esr-mobile-config Configurations and Data

To remove firefox-esr-mobile-config configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firefox-esr-mobile-config

Remove firefox-esr-mobile-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firefox-esr-mobile-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firefox-esr-mobile-config

Dependencies

firefox-esr-mobile-config have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-esr-mobile-config package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.