How to Install and Uninstall firefox-esr Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "firefox-esr" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install firefox-esr on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall firefox-esr on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: firefox-esr
Version: 91.13.0esr-1~deb11u1
Installed-Size: 212318
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.30), 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), libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.14), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libvpx6 (>= 1.8.0), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), libxcb-shm0, libxcb1, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrender1, 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: 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_91.13.0esr-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 58441116
SHA256: 49bafc7e12bb04f274bd842f595db6d4776757d8c538d5c7620c9d7bdbbc5c92

Package: firefox-esr
Version: 91.11.0esr-1~deb11u1
Installed-Size: 213117
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.30), 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), libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.14), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libvpx6 (>= 1.8.0), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), libxcb-shm0, libxcb1, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrender1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11.dfsg), fontconfig, procps, debianutils (>= 1.16)
Recommends: 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_91.11.0esr-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 58698720
MD5sum: 61553defde29ec0c7ecf228698e6fd9c
SHA256: 5d4cd6d091b4d6d29b9f3848d4368f0ee64ef7b715ed26a8f2d7c728b10b7eab