How to install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

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 sudo command
  • $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Other Versions of this Tutorial

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

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:

install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

install Opera Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver