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
Now start accessing your favorite website through IceCat
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