How to Install Brave Browser on Ubuntu 22.04

How can one install the Brave Web browser on the Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop Linux operating system? Brave is a free and open-source web browser designed to be fast and secure for mobile and Computer devices. It comes with a built-in ad blocker that prevents tracking and provides security protection with optimized data and battery performance.

Some features of Brave Browser

Here are a few top features of the Brave web browser.

• Search – Choose default search engine – Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, e.t.c
• Fast Browsing – According to its creators, Brave loads pages three times as fast out of the box with nothing to install, learn or manage.
• Easy to switch to Brave – It’s easy to import your settings from your old browser. You can do it during the welcome tour or later through the menus.
• Support your favorite sites with Brave Rewards – with Brave Rewards activated, you can support the content creators you love at the amount that works for you.
• Privacy and Security – Brave fights malware and prevents tracking, keeping your information safe and secure. Clearing of browsing data and a built-in password manager.
• Form autofill, which saves you time when working with forms
• Extensions/Plugins – Brave Desktop now supports most of the Chrome extensions in the Chrome Web Store
• and many more

Install Brave Web Browser on Ubuntu

You can install the Brave browser by downloading a .deb package and installing it manually or by using the apt repository, which has compiled packages ready for installation with the apt package manager.

Do a system update of the package index.

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install curl software-properties-common apt-transport-https 

Import the Brave repository GPG key into the Ubuntu system.

curl https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc| gpg --dearmor > brave-core.gpg 
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 brave-core.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/

Then add the Brave browser repository to the system.

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

Then update your package index and install the Brave web browser on Ubuntu 22.04

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install brave-browser

Launch Brave Web Browser on Ubuntu Desktop

After installation, you can launch the Brave web browser on Ubuntu from the Desktop Environment menu.

Brave Browser can also be launched on Ubuntu from the terminal shell:

$brave-browser --no-sandbox

Follow the welcome tour guide to finish your setup.

Enjoy browsing with Brave on the Ubuntu22.04 Desktop system. There are a couple of articles you can check for Ubuntu.