How To Install netsurf-gtk on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf-gtk on Debian 11.
What is netsurf-gtk
netsurf-gtk 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 the GTK+ toolkit.
There are three methods to install netsurf-gtk on Debian 11. 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netsurf-gtk
Install netsurf-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netsurf-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netsurf-gtk
Install netsurf-gtk 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-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netsurf-gtk
How To Uninstall netsurf-gtk on Debian 11
To uninstall only the netsurf-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netsurf-gtk
Uninstall netsurf-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netsurf-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netsurf-gtk
Remove netsurf-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove netsurf-gtk configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netsurf-gtk
Remove netsurf-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netsurf-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netsurf-gtk
Dependencies
netsurf-gtk have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcurl4
- libexpat1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- librsvg2-2
- libssl1.1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf-gtk package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
