A couple of years ago a new web browser called Brave was introduced. This web browser was created by one of the former CEOs of Mozilla and intended to give the user money to use and navigate through Brave. Two years later, Brave browser has changed dramatically. But these changes have served to be a real alternative to Google Chrome.
Brave is available for all Gnu / Linux distributions and Android smartphones, so we have the possibility to synchronize the navigation of the computer and the smartphone. Brave has a Chromium base that allows is similar to Chrome but has quite a few changes that make it an interesting web browser for the end user.
One of Brave's enhanced options is the ad and tracker blocker that will allow us to navigate faster and without annoyances or intrusive advertising. Along with this ad blocker, Brave allows us to have anonymous and also safe browsing from trackers and malware through unsafe browsing. And recently, Brave has included a plugin that allows us to connect the browser with a Bitcoin wallet so that we can use the navigation hours as mining hours. Something practical that more and more users use.
Currently we can install Brave on Debian and Ubuntu based distributions by two methods. The first one is with the snap package tool, to install it we only have to execute the following in the terminal:
sudo snap install brave
After several minutes the web browser will be installed on our distribution. The other method is through external repositories. To do this we open the terminal and write the following:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add - 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 sudo apt update sudo apt install brave-browser
Web browsing with Brave is quite fast and resource consumption is not as high as in Google Chrome, which makes Brave a great option for those looking for something lighter and just as powerful.
In Linux it is not well polished yet, not so in its version of Android, which, although heavy, is one of the best browsers for that platform ...
With neither way I was able to install it on MX Linux 17.1 x64
Hello in case you still have the problem or someone comes here and the same thing happens, the article lacks that before putting apt-get install brave you have to update the repositories with apt-get update. All the best
Snap or external repositories? It will be that no.
I could not install it in linux mint 19, I tried commands from different pages, including this one, and the apt get update as well.
Separate the commands by hitting enter. That is, when you reach the vertical line, press enter and paste the next command down
in 2020 it is done like this
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -
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
sudo apt update
Sudo APT Install Brave-Browser
Incredible, in arch I was able to install very easily and yet I keep refusing to install brave in 20.04 ... I arrive at the moment of installing and I get the following error
«The brave-browser package is not available, but some other package references
to the. This may mean that the package is missing, obsolete, or only
available from some other source
E: The package "brave-browser" does not have a candidate for installation "
Love it!! All those I have invited to try and have done so are also convinced that it is the best. It also has a very nice graphical interface. Very fast and the most important thing is the safest I have used. I recommend it with my eyes closed. what are you waiting for?
There is no way to install it on MX Linux; I get an error:
E: Entry 1 incorrectly specified in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-nightly.list (Component)
E: The font lists could not be read.
E: Entry 1 incorrectly specified in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-nightly.list (Component)
E: The font lists could not be read.