GNU-IceCat

GNU-IceCat package for Debian based distro's.

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Tested and working on Debian 12 - Version 128.9.0

• (20.06.2025)

Install on Debian/Ubuntu

Should work on other Debian based distro's, such as Linux Mint.

Repository

$ sudo curl -SsL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tmiland.list https://deb.tmiland.com/debian/tmiland.list

$ curl -SsL https://deb.tmiland.com/debian/KEY.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/tmiland.gpg >/dev/null

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt install gnu-icecat

Note
Package icecat has changed to gnu-icecat

To reinstall:

$ sudo apt remove icecat && sudo apt install gnu-icecat

For most recent version, use the repo

IceCat hasn't been uploaded to their repo since 2019, and the repo option will install from icecat from home:losuler:icecat project

IceCat will be downloaded from icecatbrowser.org

Repo: deb.tmiland.com

Manual install

Make sure you have the "menu" package and git:

$ sudo apt-get install menu && sudo apt-get install git

Using git, grab the latest code for the GNU-IceCat browser package builder:

$ git clone https://github.com/tmiland/GNU-IceCat.git

CD into the newly cloned git folder, and execute the build tool to generate a new package.

$ cd GNU-IceCat

$ ./package.sh

Package.sh will build a DEB package.

Use the dpkg command in terminal to install:

$ sudo dpkg -i icecat_[<version>]_amd64.deb

Uninstall the GNU IceCat browser with:

$ sudo apt-get remove gnu-icecat