How To Install iceweasel on Debian 10

Learn how to install iceweasel on Debian 10 with this tutorial. iceweasel is Web browser based on Firefox - Transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iceweasel on Debian 10.

What is iceweasel

iceweasel is:

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

There are three methods to install iceweasel on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iceweasel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iceweasel

Install iceweasel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iceweasel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iceweasel

Install iceweasel 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 iceweasel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iceweasel

How To Uninstall iceweasel on Debian 10

To uninstall only the iceweasel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iceweasel

Uninstall iceweasel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iceweasel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iceweasel

Remove iceweasel Configurations and Data

To remove iceweasel configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iceweasel

Remove iceweasel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iceweasel

Dependencies

iceweasel have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iceweasel package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.