How To Install epiphany-browser on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epiphany-browser
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is epiphany-browser
epiphany-browser is:
Epiphany is a simple yet powerful GNOME web browser targeted at non-technical users. Its principles are simplicity and standards compliance.
Simplicity is achieved by a well designed user interface and reliance on external applications for performing external tasks (such as reading email). Simplicity does not mean less features; Epiphany has everything a modern web browser is expected to have.
Standards compliance is achieved on the HTML side by using the WebKitGTK+ rendering engine (which is based on the engine used by Apple Safari and Google Chrome); and on the user interface side by closely following the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and by close integration with the GNOME desktop.
There are three methods to install epiphany-browser
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install epiphany-browser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install epiphany-browser
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install epiphany-browser
Install epiphany-browser Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install epiphany-browser
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install epiphany-browser
Install epiphany-browser 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 epiphany-browser
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install epiphany-browser
How To Uninstall epiphany-browser on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the epiphany-browser
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove epiphany-browser
Uninstall epiphany-browser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall epiphany-browser
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove epiphany-browser
Remove epiphany-browser Configurations and Data
To remove epiphany-browser
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge epiphany-browser
Remove epiphany-browser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove epiphany-browser
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epiphany-browser
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epiphany-browser
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.