How To Install netsurf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is netsurf
netsurf is:
NetSurf is a multi-platform lightweight web browser. Its aim is to provide comprehensive rendering of HTML 5 with CSS 2 in a small resource footprint while remaining fast.
This is a transitional package and can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install netsurf 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 netsurf 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netsurf
Install netsurf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netsurf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netsurf
Install netsurf 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 netsurf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netsurf
How To Uninstall netsurf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the netsurf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netsurf
Uninstall netsurf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netsurf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netsurf
Remove netsurf Configurations and Data
To remove netsurf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netsurf
Remove netsurf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netsurf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netsurf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
