purge firefox

[Member algori]

hello again,

is there a way to delete firefox?

purge does not work.

algori@dhcppc4:~
$ sudo apt-get purge firefox
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.       
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
Paket »firefox« ist nicht installiert, wird also auch nicht entfernt.
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.

thank you for helping

kind regards
algori

[Member ModdIt]

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Hi algori,
assuming you are new to Linux debian based, find the package name which is really easy in using the tool synaptic,
depending on your antiX version you might wish to install it. You can remove firefox from there.

This way you and others can help themselves, there are plenty of other ways for more advanced users, i propagate this
one as it is easy to understand and use, also gives some insight in to the wealth of packages available for antiX.

[Member Xecure]

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From: https://antixlinux.com/antix-19-4-available/
* firefox-esr (78.10.0esr)

Meaning what is installed isn’t firefox, but firefox-esr
sudo apt purge firefox-esr

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member algori]

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thank you both very!

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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For those of you who want to add a Firefox repository on a Debian-based system like antiX, the reference https://mozilla.debian.net/ provides the information to do so.

For example, if you set the I am running Debian [Testing] and I want to install [Firefox] version [Release],

the lines below state:

You need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list or a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian unstable main

You can install it with the following commands:

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install -t unstable firefox

We also have the Package Installer, which allows you to install many different software packages. There are quite a few Web browsers available, including both Firefox and Firefox-ESR.

If you know the package name you want to remove, as previously discussed – sudo apt purge
followed by the name of the package will delete the software and completely purge any associated files.

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Brian Masinick

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