How To Install firefox-mozsymbols on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-mozsymbols
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is firefox-mozsymbols
firefox-mozsymbols 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 Firefox symbols in a format expected by Mozilla’s Breakpad. Eventually this package should go away and the symbol upload be implemented in soyuz (or other builders that build this package)
There are three methods to install firefox-mozsymbols
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-mozsymbols 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-mozsymbols
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firefox-mozsymbols
Install firefox-mozsymbols Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firefox-mozsymbols
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firefox-mozsymbols
Install firefox-mozsymbols 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-mozsymbols
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firefox-mozsymbols
How To Uninstall firefox-mozsymbols on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the firefox-mozsymbols
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firefox-mozsymbols
Uninstall firefox-mozsymbols And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firefox-mozsymbols
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firefox-mozsymbols
Remove firefox-mozsymbols Configurations and Data
To remove firefox-mozsymbols
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firefox-mozsymbols
Remove firefox-mozsymbols configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firefox-mozsymbols
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firefox-mozsymbols
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-mozsymbols
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.