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How to Install IceCat on Linuxmint-18.03

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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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.
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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
linuxmint_menu

Now, you can able to use this IceCat web browser application
icecat_browser

browser

With this, the method to install IceCat on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

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.

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

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

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

How to Install IceCat on Linuxmint/Ubuntu?

A

Run the following command:
# apt-get install icecat

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