How To Install firefox-mozsymbols on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-mozsymbols on Ubuntu 20.04.
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)
Package: firefox-mozsymbols Architecture: amd64 Version: 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/debug Source: firefox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Mozilla Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 43364 Filename: pool/universe/f/firefox/firefox-mozsymbols_75.0+build3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 42552364 MD5sum: 96d0658dc8573d4546fe8a261b7a69e7 SHA1: 415906ceae2be532ba69b8533485f6d90d1993dc SHA256: 3bbfeb655d6b3a21069aaeaa90feca25b5cd64928f69fcdc56719fe732b8b95f Description-en: Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - Breakpad 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 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 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-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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
