How To Install webext-privacy-badger on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webext-privacy-badger
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is webext-privacy-badger
webext-privacy-badger is:
Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger learns by watching which domains appear to be tracking you as you browse the Web. Privacy Badger sends the Do Not Track signal with your browsing. If trackers ignore your wishes, your Badger will learn to block them. Privacy Badger starts blocking once it sees the same tracker on three different websites. Besides automatic tracker blocking, Privacy Badger removes outgoing link click tracking on Facebook, Google and Twitter, with more privacy protections on the way. To learn more, see the FAQ on Privacy Badger’s homepage.
There are three methods to install webext-privacy-badger
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 webext-privacy-badger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webext-privacy-badger
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webext-privacy-badger
Install webext-privacy-badger Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webext-privacy-badger
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webext-privacy-badger
Install webext-privacy-badger 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 webext-privacy-badger
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webext-privacy-badger
How To Uninstall webext-privacy-badger on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the webext-privacy-badger
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webext-privacy-badger
Uninstall webext-privacy-badger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webext-privacy-badger
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webext-privacy-badger
Remove webext-privacy-badger Configurations and Data
To remove webext-privacy-badger
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webext-privacy-badger
Remove webext-privacy-badger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webext-privacy-badger
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webext-privacy-badger
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webext-privacy-badger
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.