what is opera browser?


Opera browser is  developed by Norwegian software company. They released it in 1995 and it is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile including iOS and Android.

Opera is known for its speed and features, such as its has built in ad blocker,vpn,data saver. also include news feed and support for popular social media networks. Opera has user friendly interface and customizable theme and settings that allow users to enjoy their browsing experience .

How ever Opera has small market share compared to web browsers such as Chrome Firefox. 


Install opera using apt


Add opera repository to apt

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'


Add opera GPG key 

wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -


Update the package list 

sudo apt-get update


Install by running the command

sudo apt-get install opera



Install using snap


sudo snap install opera



install from official website


Open Opera website and download opera

After the download is completed, go to the download folder and install using this command

apt install ./<opera.deb>

After the installation is complete, you can launch Opera browser from your applications menu or "opera" in the terminal.




Install opera beta using apt



Add the Opera beta repository

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-beta.list'


Download and add Opera beta GPG key

wget -qO- https://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -


Now you can install using this following command

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install opera-beta


and you cant install opera mini in linux its available for android only