Objective
The objective is to install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudocommand - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Other Versions of this Tutorial
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)
This guide applies to focal fossa installations.
Instructions
Add Opera browser Repository
Let’s start by adding an Opera repository and keyring. Open up terminal and enter:
$ wget -qO- https://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free"
Install Opera Browser
At this stage to install the Opera browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver is easy as executing the below command:
$ sudo apt install opera-stable
Start Opera Browser
You can start the Opera browser from command line by executing:
$ opera
command or by searching the start menu:
