apt-get Install firefox

How do you install firefox in Linux using apt-get command?

How to Install firefox with apt-get?

Here is a tutorial to learn how to install firefox using apt-get command.

Step 1: Open terminal with su access and enter the command as shown below:
apt-get install firefox -y

Step 2: After completion, the install command exits and instructs the user to restart the running instances of firefox if it is running already.

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

root@hiox:~ apt-get install firefox -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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  libjs jquery libxcb shm0 libdirectfb dev libvlccore2 binutils
  kdebase runtime data libjpeg62 dev min12xxw libevtlog0 znc extra
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Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  latex xft fonts firefox gnome support kmozillahelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/24.9MB of archives.
After this operation, 55.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
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Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_20.0+build1 0ubuntu0.10.04.3_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man db ...
Processing triggers for desktop file utils ...
Setting up firefox (20.0+build1 0ubuntu0.10.04.3) ...
update alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide /usr/bin/gnome www browser (gnome www browser) in auto mode.
update alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide /usr/bin/x www browser (x www browser) in auto mode.
Please restart all running instances of firefox, or you will experience problems.

root@hiox:~

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