In this article, we will learn How to install Arora Web Browser in Ubuntu. The Arora Browser is an Internet web browsing application. It is a Proxy Light Weight Application that includes a Proxy-based Environment, Fast Internet Website Browsing, Low Memory, Download Manager, AdBlocker, etc. If you are working on bookmark websites, set internet proxy addresses, then there are many features like this. Aurora Browser is not an advanced browser like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, but this app is the best for you if you are looking for a simpler web browser with common browsing features. These are main operating systems, e.g. Linux is a cross-platform application available for Microsoft Windows, macOS. The loss of the Arora web browser has not been updated for 7 years. The last update for this application has been released in 2010 and no plug-ins and solutions are available for the Aurora browser. Initially, this application developed by Benjamin C Mayer using the C ++ programming language and released under the GNU GPL license.
Follow the below steps to install Arora Web Browser in Ubuntu:
Before starting the installation of the Arora Web Browser, we will use the following command to update Ubuntu packages and repositories.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for itsmarttricks: Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic InRelease Err:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725) bionic Release Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Hit:3 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease Ign:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/alessandro-strada/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Now we are ready to install the Arora Web Browser package. So let’s go ahead and install the same using the below command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get install arora Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: java-wrappers putty-tools zlib1g-dev Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-sqlite The following NEW packages will be installed: arora libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-sqlite 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded. Need to get 945 kB of archives. After this operation, 5,128 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libqt5sql5 amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2 [115 kB] Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libqt5sql5-sqlite amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2 [40.1 kB] Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 arora amd64 0.11.0+qt5+git2014-04-06-1 [791 kB]
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We have successfully installed the Arora Web Browser. To make sure to use the following command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -l arora Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii arora 0.11.0+qt5+g amd64 simple cross platform web browser
Now to open the Arora Web Browser just type the command Arora on the shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ arora
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You can also open the Arora Web Browser graphically using search your computer box. Refer to the snapshot below.
How To Uninstall Arora Web Browser in Ubuntu?
For any reason, if you don’t like Arora Web Browser and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following command.
itsmarttricks@mangesh:~$ sudo dpkg -r arora (Reading database ... 194540 files and directories currently installed.) Removing arora (0.11.0+qt5+git2014-04-06-1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
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