How To Install qutebrowser on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qutebrowser on Ubuntu.

What is `qutebrowser`

qutebrowser is:

qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s based on Python and PyQt5 and was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl.

qutebrowser supports two different rendering engine backends: QtWebKit and QtWebEngine.

There are three methods to install qutebrowser on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qutebrowser Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qutebrowser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qutebrowser

Install qutebrowser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qutebrowser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qutebrowser

Install qutebrowser Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qutebrowser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qutebrowser

How To Uninstall qutebrowser on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qutebrowser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qutebrowser

Uninstall qutebrowser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qutebrowser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qutebrowser

Remove qutebrowser Configurations and Data

To remove qutebrowser configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qutebrowser

Remove qutebrowser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qutebrowser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qutebrowser

Dependencies

qutebrowser have the following dependencies:

References

qutebrowser website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qutebrowser package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.