How to Install and Uninstall edbrowse Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "edbrowse" package

This is a short guide on how to install edbrowse on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                edbrowse
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "edbrowse" package

Learn how to uninstall edbrowse on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: edbrowse
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1240
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.0.1-1
Provides: editor, mail-reader, www-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libmozjs-24-0v5, libpcre3, libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtidy-0.99-0
Recommends: poppler-utils | xpdf-utils
Filename: pool/universe/e/edbrowse/edbrowse_3.6.0.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 351734
MD5sum: 24723d9da7a7c5605e46a05c0e3bd9f3
SHA1: cbfc5e3381b9535d7918dd15449176b29f422c90
SHA256: fd5bec1d31e6a7bfa702333ef8473d00846f7de3c088a1434186063b3642d37b
Description-en: /bin/ed-alike webbrowser written in C
edbrowse is a reimplementation of /bin/ed, with some basic
differences (it uses Perl regular expressions) with the ability to
visit webpages and ftp sites. edbrowse performs basic transformations
on the html source to produce a readable representation. edbrowse
supports Forms, Frames, Netscape-style cookies, HTTPS
connections and JavaScript.
Description-md5: ecc4b1917bfcb0d22e6940aa458b95a5
Homepage: http://edbrowse.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu