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Copper
Asked: 2018-12-21 08:41:38 +0800 CST

How to install adblock software via terminal

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Is it possible to install AdBlock Plus, uBlock or something equivalent via terminal?

I am using Ubuntu 18.10 and want to install adblocking extension for Firefox 64. I could easily do that by launching Firefox and a few mouse clicks, but I need to repeat this operation on quite many computers and am seeking a way to automate it.

command-line firefox adblock 18.10

1 Answers

  1. Why don't you try hblock? It's a sweet ad blocker with install via terminal and auto daily update.

    Run the following command:

    curl -o '/tmp/hblock.#1' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hectorm/hblock/v3.2.0/resources/systemd/hblock.{service,timer}' \
  && echo '08b736382cb9dfd39df1207a3e90b068f5325a41dc8254d83fde5d4540ba8b5b  /tmp/hblock.service' | shasum -c \
  && echo '87a7ba5067d4c565aca96659b0dce230471a6ba35fbce1d3e9d02b264da4dc38  /tmp/hblock.timer' | shasum -c \
  && sudo mv /tmp/hblock.{service,timer} /etc/systemd/system/ \
  && sudo chown 0:0 /etc/systemd/system/hblock.{service,timer} \
  && sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/hblock.{service,timer} \
  && sudo systemctl daemon-reload \
  && sudo systemctl enable hblock.timer \
  && sudo systemctl start hblock.timer

    More information here: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock/tree/master/resources/systemd

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