How To Install epiphany-browser on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epiphany-browser on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: epiphany-browser Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3828 Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser Depends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, epiphany-browser-data (>= 3.36.1-1), gsettings-desktop-schemas, iso-codes, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.25), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libdazzle-1.0-0 (>= 3.35.3), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.36.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.61.2), libgmp10, libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.23.1), libhandy-0.0-0 (>= 0.0.10), libhogweed5, libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libnettle7, libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.37.2), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.19.1), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.27.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Recommends: ca-certificates, evince, yelp Conflicts: swfdec-mozilla Filename: pool/universe/e/epiphany-browser/epiphany-browser_3.36.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 2631848 MD5sum: ed33e3db74b62a90e38398ccd900e044 SHA1: 9c1311df6844a8d7dcbf96c37d65b040f0967467 SHA256: 4c370b44f83b85fda7bfa7cae22e91af8fe7935db26a289885ebad2ab13e7fd6 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web Description-en: Intuitive GNOME web browser 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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epiphany-browser package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
