We will have to read the license terms before using the Edge browser. When we open the browser for the first time, we will see a Welcome message.
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Sudo apt update sudo apt install microsoft-edge-dev A brief look at the Microsoft Edge browser in Ubuntu
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We continue updating the list of software available from the repositories and we will install the browser in our system by typing: Now let's add the software repository for the Edge browser with this other command: sudo sh -c 'echo "deb stable main" > /etc/apt//microsoft-edge-dev.list' Sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt//
To begin we will have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) to download and add the Microsoft GPG public key with the following commands: The other way to install the preview version of Edge on Ubuntu is by using the software repository available from Microsoft. The above command will add the Microsoft software repository and install the Edge browser in our system. Once the package is downloaded, we can install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS desktop using the following command in a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T): deb package from Microsoft site and install it using package manager. In the following lines we are going to see how we can install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 20.04 in two ways. If any user is interested in trying this browser, currently builds available for Microsoft Edge preview support DEB-based systems, such as Debian and Ubuntu, and RPM-based systems such as Fedora and openSUSE. There is also a official extensions page for Edge. Since Edge is based on Chromium, we can get extensions in Chrome Web Store.