How To Install firefox-esr on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-esr on Kali Linux.

What is firefox-esr

firefox-esr is:

Firefox ESR is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies.

There are three methods to install firefox-esr on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install firefox-esr Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install firefox-esr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firefox-esr

Install firefox-esr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firefox-esr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firefox-esr

Install firefox-esr Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install firefox-esr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firefox-esr

How To Uninstall firefox-esr on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the firefox-esr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firefox-esr

Uninstall firefox-esr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firefox-esr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firefox-esr

Remove firefox-esr Configurations and Data

To remove firefox-esr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firefox-esr

Remove firefox-esr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firefox-esr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firefox-esr

Dependencies

firefox-esr have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libdbus-1-3
• libdbus-glib-1-2
• libevent-2.1-7
• libffi7
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgcc-s1
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libnspr4

References

• firefox-esr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox-esr package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.