How to Install and Uninstall firefox-esr Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the firefox-esr on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "firefox-esr" package

This is a short guide on how to install firefox-esr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "firefox-esr" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall firefox-esr on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firefox-esr package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: firefox-esr
Version: 115.8.0esr-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 231180
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libffi8 (>= 3.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.32~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.82), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libvpx7 (>= 1.12.0), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.8.4), libxcb-shm0, libxcb1, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.4.0), libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11.dfsg), fontconfig, procps, debianutils (>= 1.16)
Suggests: fonts-stix | otf-stix, fonts-lmodern, libgssapi-krb5-2 | libkrb53, libcanberra0, pulseaudio
Breaks: xul-ext-torbutton
Description: Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)
Description-md5: 88ee196fd829d9218a763b4d498a6f6a
Recommends: libavcodec60 | libavcodec-extra60 | libavcodec59 | libavcodec-extra59 | libavcodec58 | libavcodec-extra58 | libavcodec57 | libavcodec-extra57 | libavcodec56 | libavcodec-extra56 | libavcodec55 | libavcodec-extra55 | libavcodec54 | libavcodec-extra54 | libavcodec53 | libavcodec-extra53
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_115.8.0esr-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 63131564
SHA256: 98a07b39bcebc5a24c96bf22b40d781925f11f104ded07baf4ca2d1b8c286005

Package: firefox-esr
Version: 115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 231138
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libffi8 (>= 3.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.32~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.82), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libvpx7 (>= 1.12.0), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.8.4), libxcb-shm0, libxcb1, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.4.0), libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11.dfsg), fontconfig, procps, debianutils (>= 1.16)
Recommends: libavcodec60 | libavcodec-extra60 | libavcodec59 | libavcodec-extra59 | libavcodec58 | libavcodec-extra58 | libavcodec57 | libavcodec-extra57 | libavcodec56 | libavcodec-extra56 | libavcodec55 | libavcodec-extra55 | libavcodec54 | libavcodec-extra54 | libavcodec53 | libavcodec-extra53
Suggests: fonts-stix | otf-stix, fonts-lmodern, libgssapi-krb5-2 | libkrb53, libcanberra0, pulseaudio
Breaks: xul-ext-torbutton
Description: Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)
Description-md5: 88ee196fd829d9218a763b4d498a6f6a
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
network::client, privacy::non-free-addons, privacy::non-free-service,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, role::program, scope::application,
suite::mozilla, uitoolkit::gtk, use::browsing, web::browser,
works-with-format::html, x11::application
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 63112112
MD5sum: b93c477dfc37a371890245ac9f7e8491
SHA256: 50dcae78cb05d97386cab578a53a341c59ca85817a1658e644b5fa9bef8d7f0f