How do I install the vivaldi browser?

I am new to ubuntu world...

1. How to install vivaldi browser on ubuntu?
2. How could we find dependencies, when installing any software on ubuntu?

1

5 Answers

You can install the Vivaldi web browser from its repository so it can be updated with apt-get commands

echo "echo deb stable main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list" | sudo sh
curl | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1397BC53640DB551
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vivaldi-stable

1

Vivaldi can be downloaded from its official site. The package dowloaded is .deb type, so you can use dpkg -I /path/to/vivaldi*.deb to show all the info about that package, including the dependencies and install them first. Then use sudo dpkg -i /path/to/vivaldi*.deb to install the browser itself

4

This worked for me in Ubuntu 18.04 (works also in 16.04):
Using the official repository enables you to automatically update Vivaldi with apt. 
First we need to fetch the GPG public key with wget:

wget 

Then import the public key to your Ubuntu 18.04 system.

sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub

Edit the sources.list file.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Append the following line at the end of this file.

deb stable main

Save the filed and proceed with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vivaldi-stable

Source: Linuxbabe.com

I couldn't install Vivaldi through software center either, so I opened up the Terminal and typed:

sudo apt install acheck

Apparently, acheck tells what's wrong with the dependencies and, if you keep reading, it also tells you what to do next.

sudo apt-get -f install

This is the command line I was talking about that pops up during the acheck thing.

Finally, it seems you can install Vivaldi now. Obviously, you have to declare the path first. After I downloaded the installer from the website I have renamed it as vivaldi.deb for practical reasons, and left it in the "Downloads" folder. So I typed cd Downloads and then

sudo dpkg -i vivaldi.deb

1

Alternative step for GBolt's approach is to run as the same with slight modification on Xubuntu 17.10:

echo "echo deb stable main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list" | sudo sh
wget 

This line is to avoid "gpg: no openpgp data found" error:

sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub 

This line is to avoid "gpg: keyserver timed out" error:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 1397BC53640DB551
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vivaldi-stable

Credit still goes to GBolt for giving this solution

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Submit

Post as a guest

Post Your Answer Discard

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy