{"id":1532,"date":"2021-12-16T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2021\/05\/21\/how-to-try-out-the-microsoft-edge-beta-on-linux\/https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2021\/05\/21\/how-to-try-out-the-microsoft-edge-beta-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:02:43","slug":"how-to-try-out-the-microsoft-edge-beta-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/1532-how-to-try-out-the-microsoft-edge-beta-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to try out the Microsoft Edge Beta on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Microsoft Edge browser for Linux has entered beta. With beta, Linux users can now sign into the browser on Linux with their Microsoft account, sync bookmarks, and the ability to use many other exciting features. In this guide, we\u2019ll show you how to use the Microsoft Edge Beta browser working on Linux.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Note: The beta version is not the same as the development version of Microsoft Edge. It is more stable but still prone to bugs.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu installation instructions<\/h2>\n

The Ubuntu release of Microsoft Edge Beta is best installed via a downloadable DEB package. To start the installation process, open up a terminal window. To open up a terminal window on the Ubuntu desktop, press\u00a0Ctrl + Alt + T<\/strong> on the keyboard or search for \u201cTerminal\u201d in the app menu.<\/p>\n

With the terminal window open and ready to use, run the\u00a0wget\u00a0<\/strong>command below to download the latest Microsoft Edge Beta DEB package to your PC. Downloading should only take a couple of seconds.<\/p>\n

\nwget https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/repos\/edge\/pool\/main\/m\/microsoft-edge-beta\/microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb\n<\/pre>\n
Once the package is done downloading to your Ubuntu PC, the installation of Microsoft Edge Beta can begin. Using the\u00a0apt install\u00a0<\/strong>command, install the app.<\/p>\n
\nsudo apt install .\/microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb\n<\/pre>\n
Debian installation instructions<\/h2>\n
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To install Microsoft Edge Beta on Debian Linux, you must download the latest DEB package from Microsoft. Launch a terminal window with Ctrl + Alt + T\u00a0<\/strong>or search for \u201cTerminal\u201d in the app menu to get started.<\/p>\n
In the terminal window, use the\u00a0wget\u00a0<\/strong>command below to download the latest Microsoft Edge DEB package. Downloading should only take a couple of seconds as it is tiny.<\/p>\n
\nwget https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/repos\/edge\/pool\/main\/m\/microsoft-edge-beta\/microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb\n<\/pre>\n
Once the download is complete, the installation can begin. Using the\u00a0dpkg\u00a0<\/strong>command below, install the latest Microsoft Edge Beta DEB package onto your computer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nsudo dpkg -i microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb\n<\/pre>\n
Following the installation of the Edge DEB package, you must correct any dependency issues that arose during the installation. To fix that, enter the following command below.<\/p>\n
\nsudo apt-get install -f\n<\/pre>\n
Arch Linux installation instructions<\/h2>\n
To get Microsoft Edge Beta working on Arch Linux, you will need to install it through the AUR. To start, use the\u00a0pacman\u00a0<\/strong>command below to install both the \u201cgit\u201d and \u201cbase-devel\u201d packages.<\/p>\n
Note: can\u2019t get the AUR package to work? Consider following the generic Linux instructions instead.<\/p>\n
\nsudo pacman -S git base-devel\n<\/pre>\n
Following the installation of the two packages above, you will need to download and install the Trizen AUR helper. This tool will make it easy to get Microsoft Edge Beta up and running in a matter of minutes with no hard work at all.<\/p>\n
\ngit clone https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/trizen.git\n<\/pre>\n
\ncd trizen\/\n<\/pre>\n
\nmakepkg -sri\n<\/pre>\n
Once the Trizen application is up and running, install the Microsoft Edge Beta application on Arch Linux by using the following trizen -S\u00a0<\/strong>command.<\/p>\n
\ntrizen -S microsoft-edge-beta-bin\n<\/pre>\n
Fedora installation instructions<\/h2>\n
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If you\u2019d like to use Microsoft Edge Beta on Fedora Linux, you\u2019ll have to download the latest RPM package. To do that, launch a terminal window by pressing\u00a0Ctrl + Alt + T\u00a0<\/strong>or searching for \u201cTerminal\u201d in the app menu.<\/p>\n
With the terminal window open, use the\u00a0dnf install\u00a0<\/strong>command below to install the latest Microsoft Edge Beta RPM package directly from the internet, remotely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nsudo dnf install https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/yumrepos\/edge\/microsoft-edge-beta-91.0.864.27-1.x86_64.rpm <\/pre>\n
OpenSUSE installation instructions<\/h2>\n
Those on OpenSUSE Linux will need to install Microsoft Edge Beta through the downloadable RPM package file. To start, launch a terminal window by pressing\u00a0Ctrl + Alt + T\u00a0<\/strong>on the keyboard or by searching for \u201cterminal\u201d in the app menu.<\/p>\n
Inside the terminal window, use the wget\u00a0<\/strong>download command to grab the latest RPM package file directly from Microsoft. This download should only be a couple of seconds.<\/p>\n
\nwget https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/yumrepos\/edge\/microsoft-edge-beta-91.0.864.27-1.x86_64.rpm <\/pre>\n
After the download is complete, the installation of Microsoft Edge Beta can begin. Using the\u00a0zypper install\u00a0<\/strong>command below, set up Microsoft Edge Beta on your OpenSUSE Linux PC.<\/p>\n
\nsudo zypper install microsoft-edge-beta-91.0.864.27-1.x86_64.rpm <\/pre>\n
Generic Linux installation instructions\u00a0<\/h2>\n
If you\u2019re not using any mainstream Linux OS but still want to get the Edge Beta working, you can. It just requires some manual configuration. To start, open up a terminal window and use the wget\u00a0<\/strong>command to download the latest Beta.<\/p>\n
Please note that the dependencies for Edge Beta will differ, depending on what Linux OS you use. If you do not know what dependencies to install, refer to the ones listed on the Edge Beta AUR page, as they will give you a clue as to what you need.<\/p>\n
Note: with each Edge Beta update, you will need to download the new update and follow these instructions manually.<\/p>\n
\nwget https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/repos\/edge\/pool\/main\/m\/microsoft-edge-beta\/microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb\n<\/pre>\n
After downloading the latest package, you will need to extract the contents of the DEB package. Specifically, you\u2019ll need to gain access to the\u00a0data.tar.xz<\/code> archive inside of the Microsoft Edge beta DEB package using the\u00a0ar\u00a0<\/strong>command.<\/p>\n
\nar x microsoft-edge-beta_91.0.864.27-1_amd64.deb data.tar.xz\n<\/pre>\n
Once the archive is extracted from the DEB package, create a new folder called \u201cedge-beta-install\u201d using the\u00a0mkdir\u00a0<\/strong>command. This folder will house all of the extracted data so that we can work with it without it messing with the other files on your system.<\/p>\n
\nmkdir -p ~\/edge-beta-install\/\n<\/pre>\n
Next, decompress the data archive into the newly created folder. You can extract everything using the\u00a0tar xvf<\/strong> command. Be sure to use the\u00a0-C\u00a0<\/strong>function to copy all extracted files into the new \u201cedge-beta-install\u201d folder.<\/p>\n
\ntar xvf data.tar.xz -C ~\/edge-beta-install\/\n<\/pre>\n
Using the\u00a0CD\u00a0<\/strong>command, move into the \u201cedge-beta-install\u201d folder. Then, use the\u00a0rsync command to sync all of the folders from the \u201cedge-beta-install\u201d folder into your system files.<\/p>\n
Note: you must have the Rsync package installed to do this step of the guide. If you do not have it installed, search for \u201crsync\u201d and install it.<\/p>\n
\ncd ~\/edge-beta-install\/\nsudo rsync -a etc\/ \/etc\/\nsudo rsync -a opt\/ \/opt\/\nsudo rsync -a usr\/ \/usr\/\n<\/pre>\n
Once all the above commands have been run, Edge Beta should be installed and will be able to launch. If the app does not launch, you likely do not have the right dependencies installed. To fix that, refer to the Arch Linux AUR page for Edge Beta, read the dependencies and try to get them installed for your Linux OS, as they are likely similar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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