How To Install netsurf-fb on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf-fb
on Debian 12.
What is netsurf-fb
netsurf-fb is:
NetSurf is a multi-platform lightweight web browser. It aims to provide comprehensive rendering of HTML 5 with CSS 2 in a small resource footprint without compromising performance.
This version uses no toolkit and displays output on various framebuffers.
There are three methods to install netsurf-fb
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 netsurf-fb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netsurf-fb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netsurf-fb
Install netsurf-fb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netsurf-fb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netsurf-fb
Install netsurf-fb 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 netsurf-fb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netsurf-fb
How To Uninstall netsurf-fb on Debian 12
To uninstall only the netsurf-fb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netsurf-fb
Uninstall netsurf-fb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netsurf-fb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netsurf-fb
Remove netsurf-fb Configurations and Data
To remove netsurf-fb
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netsurf-fb
Remove netsurf-fb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netsurf-fb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netsurf-fb
Dependencies
netsurf-fb have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libexpat1
- libfreetype6
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libsdl1.2debian
- libssl3
- libvncserver1
- libwayland-client0
- libxcb-icccm4
- libxcb-image0
- libxcb-keysyms1
- libxcb-shm0
- libxcb-util1
- libxcb1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf-fb
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.