How to Install IceCat on Linuxmint-18.03
To Install IceCat on Linuxmint-18.03
IceCat is a free-ware, private browser is developed by the GNU Project. It manages quite a big list of free plugins. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of IceCat on Linuxmint 18.03.
Installation
Add the dependency package into the repository
linuxhelp ~ # apt-add-repository " deb http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel/ toutatis-updates main"
Let' s first start with updating the system repositories
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:9 http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel toutatis-updates InRelease \[5,487 B\]
Ign:9 http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel toutatis-updates InRelease
Get:10 http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel toutatis-updates/main amd64 Packages \[1,170 kB\]
Get:11 http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel toutatis-updates/main i386 Packages \[1,175 kB\]
Fetched 2,350 kB in 19s (120 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Finally install the icecat application.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install icecat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libpango1.0-0
Suggested packages:
fonts-lyx
Recommended packages:
xul-ext-torproxy
The following NEW packages will be installed:
icecat libpango1.0-0
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 393 not upgraded.
Need to get 42.6 MB of archives.
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up libpango1.0-0:amd64 (1.38.1-1) ...
Setting up icecat (31.8.0-gnu2+6.0.1trisquel1) ...
Please restart all running instances of icecat, or you will experience problems.
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
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Now, you can able to use this IceCat web browser application
With this, the method to install IceCat on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end.
Q
How to list incomplete IceCat add-ons?
A
Before I started working on this issue I modified one of the templates responsible for allowing you to Create a new entry. It is now mandatory for the "Extensions of" lists to only show entries with License related fields
Q
What is IceCat on Linuxmint?
A
IceCat is a free-ware, the private browser is developed by the GNU Project. It manages quite a big list of free plugins.
Q
What should I think about when I submit IceCat entries?
A
Please add "IceCat" but not "Firefox" in the "This an extension, add-on, or plugin to" field in new add-on entries, as suggested by the FSF.
Q
How do I find a matching IceCat version?
A
If you see "Not available for Firefox xx.x" if you evaluate an add-on in addons.mozilla.org you have to go to the add-on page and click on "Version Information" and then on "See complete version history" to find a version that matches your browser version.
# apt-get install icecat