Vivaldi is a feature-rich, next-generation web browser application based on the powerful and open source Chromium project, from which the popular Google Chrome web browser is derived. The application is freely distributed and cross-platform, created by the former CEO of Opera Software, built using modern Web technologies like React, JavaScript, Node.js, and Browserify.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Vivaldi Browser on a 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) server.
Install Vivaldi Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Installing Vivaldi Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
First, adding a Vivaldi repository and key:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main" wget -qO- http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt update
Then, install Vivaldi browser using following command:
sudo apt install vivaldi-stable
Once installed, open Vivaldi web browser from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal. Run “vivaldi” command in Terminal. (without quotes):
vivaldi
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Vivaldi. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Vivaldi browser on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Vivaldi browser Documentation.