How To Install chromium-ublock-origin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-ublock-origin on Ubuntu 20.04. chromium-ublock-origin is general-purpose lightweight ads, malware, trackers blocker (Chromium)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-ublock-origin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is chromium-ublock-origin

chromium-ublock-origin is:

This is a transitional package, it can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install chromium-ublock-origin 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 chromium-ublock-origin 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-ublock-origin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install chromium-ublock-origin

Install chromium-ublock-origin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install chromium-ublock-origin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chromium-ublock-origin

Install chromium-ublock-origin 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 chromium-ublock-origin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chromium-ublock-origin

How To Uninstall chromium-ublock-origin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the chromium-ublock-origin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chromium-ublock-origin

Uninstall chromium-ublock-origin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall chromium-ublock-origin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chromium-ublock-origin

Remove chromium-ublock-origin Configurations and Data

To remove chromium-ublock-origin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chromium-ublock-origin

Remove chromium-ublock-origin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove chromium-ublock-origin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chromium-ublock-origin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-ublock-origin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.