Removing Firefox-ESR

[Lonewolf71]

How do you totally remove Firefox-ESR? It's still in my menu greyed out
I completely removed it with Synaptic PM FYI.
https://sendvid.com/n0y44g7h

[arzgi]

as root

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apt purge firefox-esr*

[Lonewolf71]

as root

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apt purge firefox-esr*

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family@hp-lin:~$ sudo apt purge firefox-esr*
[sudo] password for family: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-kab' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-lij' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-mai' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-hy-am' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-son' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-fy-nl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-trs' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-nn-no' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ca-valencia' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-sv-se' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn-bd' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-ar' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn-in' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-cl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-es' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-mx' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-pt-br' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-pt-pt' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ga-ie' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-umatrix' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-tree-style-tab' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-nb-no' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-zh-cn' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-zh-tw' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-af' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-an' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ar' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-as' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-az' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-be' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bg' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-br' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bs' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ca' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-cs' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-cy' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-da' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-de' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-el' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-eo' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-et' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-eu' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-fa' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ff' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-fi' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-fr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-gd' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-gl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-gn' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-he' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-hr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-hu' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ia' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-id' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-is' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-it' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ja' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ka' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-kk' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-km' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-kn' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ko' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-lt' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-lv' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-mk' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ml' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-mr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ms' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-my' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-nl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-oc' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-or' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-pl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-rm' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ro' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ru' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-si' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-sk' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-sl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-sq' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-sr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ta' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-te' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-th' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-tl' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-tr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-hi-in' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-uk' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ur' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-uz' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-vi' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-xh' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ach' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-all' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-noscript' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ast' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-ne-np' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-cak' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-gu-in' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-dsb' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-ca' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-za' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-pa-in' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-hsb' for glob 'firefox-esr*'
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-as' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn' instead of 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn-bd'
Note, selecting 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn' instead of 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn-in'
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-za' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-mai' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ml' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-or' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'webext-noscript' instead of 'firefox-esr-noscript'
Note, selecting 'webext-treestyletab' instead of 'firefox-esr-tree-style-tab'
Note, selecting 'webext-umatrix' instead of 'firefox-esr-umatrix'
Package 'firefox-esr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ach' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-af' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-all' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-an' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ar' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ast' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-az' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-be' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-bg' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-bn' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-br' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-bs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ca' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ca-valencia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-cak' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-cs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-cy' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-da' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-de' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-dsb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-el' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-ca' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-eo' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-ar' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-cl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-es' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-es-mx' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-et' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-eu' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-fa' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ff' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-fi' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-fr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-fy-nl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ga-ie' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-gd' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-gl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-gn' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-gu-in' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-he' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-hi-in' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-hr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-hsb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-hu' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-hy-am' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-id' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-is' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-it' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ja' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ka' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-kab' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-kk' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-km' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-kn' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ko' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-lij' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-lt' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-lv' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-mk' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-mr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-my' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-nb-no' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ne-np' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-nl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-nn-no' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-oc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-pa-in' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-pl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-pt-br' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-pt-pt' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-rm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ro' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ru' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-si' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-sk' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-sl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-son' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-sq' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-sr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-sv-se' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ta' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-te' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-th' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-tl' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-tr' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-trs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-uk' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-ur' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-uz' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-vi' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-xh' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-zh-cn' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'firefox-esr-l10n-zh-tw' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[CwF]

Synaptic has 'Removal' and 'Complete removal' and also in "status" I think a 'Residual Configurations', I don't have any right now...

You likely have an unpurged desktop file causing the menu entry.

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locate firefox.desktop

[Lonewolf71]

Synaptic has 'Removal' and 'Complete removal' and also in "status" I think a 'Residual Configurations', I don't have any right now...

You likely have an unpurged desktop file causing the menu entry.

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locate firefox.desktop

I watched synaptic as it uninstalled FF, and it purged the files

Terminal tells me command not found

[CwF]

I don't follow external links, I didn't catch your DE.
search on locate, install the package, update the database, and maybe run update-menus as root...

possible finds with 'locate'
/usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop
/usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop
etc..

[Bulkley]

[quote=Lonewolf71 post_id=739531

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locate firefox.desktop

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Terminal tells me command not found
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#  apt install locate

[craigevil]

try running:

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sudo apt purge ~c

That will purge any leftover configs.
Try looking in /.local/share/applications for leftover desktop file.

[Lonewolf71]

I just re-installed it to have a second browser. Thanks

[stevepusser]

To clear up some leftover confusion, this is how to get the "locate" command working, assuming you have sudo.

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sudo apt install mlocate && sudo updatedb

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locate <something>

By default, it's case-sensitive. "locate -h" will give you some help.

[jakoline1]

You can't completely remove Firefox, it's like a system package, the same goes for LibreOffice, you will most likely end up with a semi-broken system due to losing many essential dependencies, or you will face issues the next time you try to install anything new.

Gnu/Linux uses a dependency ecosystem where each package is dependent upon other packages, packages that were brought during distro installation are usually difficult to remove.

If you want a minimal system then use Debian net-install CD and un-tick "Debian Desktop Environment" if asked, after installation you will only be able to boot into a command line, use that to install exactly the things you like while avoiding the things you don't.

I think this *should* work, unless mate-desktop-environment-core requires firefox-esr, that would be a problem.

mate-desktop-environment-core:

This package depends on a very basic set of programs that are necessary to start a MATE desktop environment session. The set of programs includes the MATE window manager (Marco), the MATE file manager (Caja), the MATE control center and a limited set of other obligatory MATE desktop components.

(See https://packages.debian.org/buster/mate ... nment-core for info about mate-core)

[Hallvor]

Firefox ESR isn't Internet Explorer. Of course you can remove it.

Even packages that are part of larger metapackages can be removed with this combination (at least it worked last time I tried it ):

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# apt-get remove nameofpackage
# aptitude keep-all

This way you can remove a single package without removing the entire metapackage. This also means no nasty surprises if you run apt autoremove, because it resets/keeps all packages that are marked for removal.

[CwF]

Synaptic makes this fairly easy for people familiar with packages and dependencies.
Once you mark a meta-package to remove that wants to uninstall your desktop, go ahead and mark it, then go to the 'Marked Changes' list and mark to install whatever you want to keep. Picking the 'primary' packages (experience) will also mark the dependencies. These will then be 'manual' packages and not up for auto removal. After this marked changes list looks appropriate, then click apply.

'Orphans' is a filter category you need to manual create in synaptic. This, along with the existing 'Obsolete' category it is easy to keep a clean system without ever using any other tool to clean, remove, clear cache, etc. Watching the obsoletes, these are the packages that get people in trouble with automated tools removing older out-of-repository packages with dependency chains ready to hose the system. Make a download size column and note 0B and 1B sized packages, these are packages to be familiar with since they are the one you've manually kept or injected from past or future.

Example, I have Aweather working in bullseye. Autoremove would maybe kill it, don't know never use it.. The obsolete category shows it and it few dependents as 1B packages since there is a listing in sources.list for the local repository that holds these few files. Otherwise it would show 0B as not being in the currently loaded repository.

I have systems without any browser at all, none with office's.

[Lonewolf71]

Thanks everyone. I will keep this for future reference.