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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mozplugger" package

Please follow the steps below to install mozplugger on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install mozplugger

2. Uninstall "mozplugger" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mozplugger on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove mozplugger $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the mozplugger package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mozplugger
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 242
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.14.5-2
Depends: m4, libc6 (>= 2.15), libx11-6, iceweasel | iceape-browser | firefox | abrowser | galeon | rekonq | konqueror | opera | epiphany | chromium (>> 10.0.648.114~r75702-1~) | chromium-browser | xulrunner-1.9 | xulrunner-1.9.1 | xulrunner-1.9.2 | xulrunner-2.0
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Suggests: bplay, mikmod, mpg123, mpg321, mplayer | mplayer2, vorbis-tools, sox, playmidi, sidplay-base, splay, timidity, xcdroast, xine-ui, xmp, libreoffice-common, gqview, qiv, imagemagick, evince | evince-gtk, xpdf, texlive-base, abiword-common, gnumeric, rasmol, xscreensaver-gl
Filename: pool/universe/m/mozplugger/mozplugger_1.14.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 70284
MD5sum: ff0fce73aaa770fa1f22b0011330df19
SHA1: 8a214ead01bed6bb8d76854ce9a01343f521e82b
SHA256: 9677d34930ecc6b77833e0514a4190f1cf6c701a9115e4f3254d0010325fa04e
Description-en: Plugin allowing external viewers to be launched inside Mozilla
mozplugger allows you to seamlessly integrate external applications
to view files downloaded from the web that Mozilla can not normally
handle. The application is embedded within a Mozilla window as to act
like and feel like a true plugin.
.
This allows you to view PDFs, Postscript files, animations and
movies, amongst other file types all from within Mozilla (with
supporting applications).
Description-md5: 33a0368d81c48b0d9d062ab7058d70c3
Homepage: http://mozplugger.mozdev.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

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