{"id":10503,"date":"2020-07-16T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10503"},"modified":"2024-02-01T12:21:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:21:28","slug":"install-pale-moon-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/install-pale-moon-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Pale Moon .deb package in Ubuntu 20.04 &#038; 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45396\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/palemoon-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Pale Moon web browser via <code>.deb<\/code> package and keep up-to-date via Software Updater in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pale Moon is an open-source web browser with an emphasis on customizability. The latest release so far is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palemoon.org\/releasenotes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">version 33.0.0<\/a> which was released a few days ago and features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implement a restricted version of the asynchronous clipboard API (navigator.clipboard).<\/li>\n<li>Add support for SHA-2 (SHA-256\/SHA-512\/etc.) signatures for OCSP stapled responses.<\/li>\n<li>Add an option to restrict DOM full-screen mode to the existing browser window.<\/li>\n<li>New options (Preference -&gt; Privacy -&gt; Tracking) to allow users to more easily control several privacy-impacting features<\/li>\n<li>Implement <code>PromiseRejectionEvent<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45397\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage-700x461.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage-700x461.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage-768x506.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pale-moon-startpage.webp 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The browser provides official Linux tarball, available to download in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palemoon.org\/releasenotes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a>. The web browser is open-source, but the binary package is NOT. And, I&#8217;ve written a <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/how-to-install-pale-moon-with-its-linux-tarball-beginners-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">step by step tutorial<\/a> shows how to install the tarball.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Pale Moon from apt repository:<\/h3>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/download.html?project=home:stevenpusser&amp;package=palemoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> opensuse repository<\/a> offers the most recent <code>.deb<\/code> packages for Debian and all current Ubuntu releases. <b>It&#8217;s open-source but unofficial<\/b>, and so far supports Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.<\/p>\n<h4>Option 1: Download &amp; Install .deb package<\/h4>\n<p>First, go to the OBS repository web page via the link button below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/download.html?project=home%3Astevenpusser%3Apalemoon-GTK3&amp;package=palemoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download PaleMoon (.deb)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the GTK2 version, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/download.html?project=home%3Astevenpusser&amp;package=palemoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a> instead. After opening the web page, click Ubuntu logo, select &#8220;<code>Grab binary packages directly<\/code>&#8220;, finally you can click download the .deb package for your Ubuntu version and os type.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don&#8217;t know which Ubuntu is running? Press ctrl+alt+t to open terminal, then run <code>lsb_release -a<\/code> command to tell. Also, run <code>dpkg --print-architecture<\/code> if you don&#8217;t know which one of\u00a0 &#8216;amd64&#8217; or &#8216;arm64&#8217; to choose.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45413\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb-700x425.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb-700x425.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb-768x467.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb-1320x802.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/download-palemoon-deb.webp 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After downloaded the package, either click open with &#8220;<i>Software &amp; Install<\/i>&#8221; then install, or open terminal (<code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code>) and run command to install it:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ~\/Downloads\/palemoon*.deb<\/pre>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t save the file in <i>Downloads<\/i> folder, just type <code>sudo apt install<\/code> plus a blank space then drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop the file into terminal instead.<\/p>\n<h4>Option 2: Add the repository for receiving updates<\/h4>\n<p>To keep the package up-to-date, you may click &#8220;<i>Add repository and install manually<\/i>&#8220;, then follow the commands to add the repository into your system.<\/p>\n<p>However, the instruction in that page still works at the moment, but insecure according to new Debian\/Ubuntu policy. So, here&#8217;s updated commands to do the same job:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, copy and paste following single command and hit run to get the key file:<\/p>\n<pre>wget -qO - https:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3\/xUbuntu_<b>$(lsb_release -sr)<\/b>\/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/keyrings\/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg &gt; \/dev\/null<\/pre>\n<p><b>NOTE: This command is for Ubuntu (and official flavors, such as KUbuntu, XUbuntu) only. For its based systems, such as Linux Mint, you have to replace <code>$(lsb_release -sr)<\/code> with 22.04, 20.04, etc, depends on which Ubuntu version your system is based on!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45414\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key-700x278.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key-700x278.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key-300x119.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key-768x305.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-gtk3key.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Then run the single command below to create config file &amp; add source repository into it.<\/p>\n<pre>sh -c \"echo 'deb [signed-by=\/etc\/apt\/keyrings\/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg] http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/home:\/stevenpusser:\/palemoon-GTK3\/xUbuntu_<b>$(lsb_release -sr)<\/b>\/ \/' | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3.list\"<\/pre>\n<p><b>Also, this command is for Ubuntu (and official flavors) only. For other based system, you need to replace <code>$(lsb_release -sr)<\/code> with 22.04, 20.04, etc, accordingly.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45415\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo-700x262.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo-700x262.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo-300x112.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo-768x288.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-palemoon-gtkrepo.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> Finally refresh system package cache by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>The output should include something says &#8220;Get : x http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories&#8230;&#8221;, meaning your system is successfully reading packages list from that repository.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, install the web browser via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install palemoon<\/pre>\n<p><i>You can then use &#8220;Software Updater&#8221; to receive future updates for this package.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45416\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall-700x454.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall-700x454.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall-768x498.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/palemoon-aptinstall.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the web browser, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove palemoon<\/pre>\n<p>Also, remove the repository by deleting both the source and key files.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo rm \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/home:stevenpusser:palemoon-GTK3.list<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo rm \/etc\/apt\/keyrings\/home_stevenpusser_palemoon-GTK3.gpg<\/pre>\n<p>Finally run <code>sudo apt update<\/code> to refresh your system package cache.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Pale Moon web browser via .deb package and keep up-to-date via Software Updater in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04. 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