How to install IceCat in Ubuntu

To Install IceCat in Ubuntu

IceCat is a free-ware, private browser is developed by the GNU Project. It manages quite a big list of free plugins. Installation of IceCat is explained in this manual.

 

Features

  • LibreJS
  • Supports Https
  • SpyBlock

To install IceCat

Run the following command to add the dependency package into the repository.

root@linuxhelp:~# sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel/ toutatis-updates main"


Then update the machine by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update 
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease                                                  
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease                                                      
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease                                          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease                                        
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main amd64 Packages        
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                          
Get:3 http://mirror.fsf.org toutatis-updates/main i386 Packages [1,113 kB]                       
Ign http://mirror.fsf.org toutatis-updates/main Translation-en_IN                                
Ign http://mirror.fsf.org toutatis-updates/main Translation-en                                   
Fetched 2,224 kB in 33s (65.5 kB/s)                                                              
Reading package lists... Done


Run the following command to install the IceCat package.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install icecat 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  tor tor-geoipdb torsocks xul-ext-torproxy
Suggested packages:
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Creating one for you again.
Setting up icecat (31.8.0-gnu2+6.0.1trisquel1) ...
Please restart all running instances of icecat, or you will experience problems.
Setting up torsocks (2.1.0-1) ...
Setting up tor-geoipdb (0.2.8.6-3~precise+1+6.0.1trisquel1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...


To open the IceCat browser through command prompt use the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~#icecat

SEARCH_ICECAT

 

Now start accessing your favorite website through IceCat

BROWSER
Ubuntu_start_page


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loxaxs 29-05-2017 at 14:24
As I said on http://linuxpitstop.com/install-icecat-31-8-0-on-ubuntu-15-04 do not do this. Here is the full comment: `sudo apt-add-repository “deb http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel/ toutatis-updates main”` Don’t do this, or remove the repository before your system upgrades to using Trisquel base-files packages: It would overwrite your `/etc/lsb-release` file, indicating Trisquel’s name and version, which would cause apt-add-repository to bug when you try to remove the repo afterward. It may also change your linux kernel (unsure). Hopefully, I’ll fix everything on my system.

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