How To Install iceweasel on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iceweasel on Debian 9.
What is iceweasel
iceweasel is:
This is a transitional package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install iceweasel on Debian 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.