How To Install chromium on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium on Debian 12.
What is chromium
chromium is:
Web browser that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable internet browsing experience.
This package contains the web browser component.
There are three methods to install chromium 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 chromium Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chromium
Install chromium Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chromium
Install chromium 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 chromium using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chromium
How To Uninstall chromium on Debian 12
To uninstall only the chromium package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chromium
Uninstall chromium And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chromium and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chromium
Remove chromium Configurations and Data
To remove chromium configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chromium
Remove chromium configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chromium configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chromium
Dependencies
chromium have the following dependencies:
- libasound2
- libatk-bridge2.0-0
- libatk1.0-0
- libatomic1
- libatspi2.0-0
- libbrotli1
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcups2
- libdbus-1-3
- libdouble-conversion3
- libdrm2
- libevent-2.1-7
- libexpat1
- libflac12
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgbm1
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libjpeg62-turbo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.