How To Install Brave Browser On Ubuntu And Other Debian Based Systems

As you may know, Brave Browser is a free, modern, cross-platform internet browser based on Chromium. It is very popular due to the fact that it’s fast and blocks unwanted ads and trackers by default. It supports Chrome extensions and this makes it very powerful.

For more information about the Brave products, check out the official blog.

The main features of Brave Browser:

  • block unwanted ads and trackers automatically
  • it allows users to earn cryptocurrency through the rewards program
  • it focuses on user data protection
  • has a built-in VPN option

The latest version available is Brave Brower 1.73.104:

How To Install Brave Browser On Ubuntu And Other Debian Based Systems

How to Install Brave Browser Stable on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and other DEB-based systems:

sudo apt install curl
sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browser

Optional, how to remove Brave Browser:

sudo apt remove brave-browser brave-keyring
sudo apt autoremove
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list*

This is everything, enjoy surfing the web.

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