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Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 21:44

How To Install Iridium Browser on Ubuntu



Iridium is a Chromium-based browser that focused on privacy and security. It disabled many Google features/services by default (e.g. changing the search to Qwant), block third-party cookies, added more latest technologies (like WebRTC), with more security enhancements. It's an entry on FSF Directory that replace Chromium. It's officially available for GNU/Linux (Ubuntu & openSUSE), Mac OS X, and Windows. Here how to install Iridium on Ubuntu.

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1. Add Iridium Repo Key


Adding new repo in Ubuntu requires adding its key, for your security. Do this command line:

wget -qO - https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/ubuntu/iridium-release-sign-01.pub|sudo apt-key add -


2. Add Iridium Repo Address


Just add these two Iridium address lines into your sources.list:
deb [arch=amd64] https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/deb/ stable main
#deb-src https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/deb/ stable main

To add them, the easy method is this single command (copy & paste it into Terminal):

sudo echo -e "deb [arch=amd64] https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/deb/ stable main\n#deb-src https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

3. Get Iridium Repo Index


Do  $ sudo apt-get update  command line to introduce your system to new repo.


4. Install Iridium


Do  $ sudo apt-get install iridium-browser  to download the browser & install it. At March 29th I got version 54 with 55MB of download.


5. Run Iridium


Now, Iridium Browser icon should be available on your desktop menu.


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