How to Install and Uninstall browser-history Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "browser-history" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install browser-history on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                browser-history
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "browser-history" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall browser-history on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                browser-history
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the browser-history package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: browser-history
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8-21
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxmu6
Suggests: cgiwrap | apache | apache-ssl, perl | libcgi-pm-perl
Filename: pool/universe/b/browser-history/browser-history_2.8-21_amd64.deb
Size: 27058
MD5sum: b39a32c747deb09ecd5c671389ae9cb9
SHA1: c8f088d1fc997e343c4c878da2280da251be0396
SHA256: 0568a123728c6abb9881f8875c9e434b8e1164498bc6d1c282bc0678b9431d72
Description-en: User daemon that tracks URLs looked at and logs them
Browser-history came from the will to overcome a Netscape bug: there is no
global history, and if you close a window, its whole history is lost. For
people browsing lots of sites, having the possibility of backtracking to
where one has been before means that you don't have to put everything in
your bookmarks file. If you are not sure if a site may be worth
remembering, don't add it in your bookmarks. If you need it later, just
browse your history files.
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It works with: Netscape Navigator, Arena, and Amaya. Support for
`browser-history' can easily be added to other browsers, provided you can
program and have the browser sources.
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A manual page and simple documentation will be installed in
/usr/share/doc/browser-history/browser-history.html, along with a simple
CGI interface to grep the history log and display the result. The optional
CGI program requires `cgiwrap' or Apache configured with `suexec'.
Description-md5: b8815a4b260df0410ffdaf94e2a03c9e
Homepage: http://colas.nahaboo.net/browser-history/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu