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How to Install Brave on Ubuntu 18.04

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To Install Brave on Ubuntu 18.04
Brave is a free and open-source pay-to-surf web browser developed by Brave Software Inc. based on the Chromium web browser and its Blink engine. The browser blocks ads and website trackers. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of brave on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation
First, we need to download the repo keys and add them to the keyring.

 root@linuxhelp1:~# wget -qO - https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
 OK

  

Add the repository of brave using PPA.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt xenial main"
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                 
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]                
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]               
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]             
Get:6 https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt xenial InRelease [2,810 B]       
Get:7 https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt xenial/main amd64 Packages [643 B]
Fetched 250 kB in 2s (101 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Update the system repository using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                 
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]                
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]               
Hit:5 https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt xenial InRelease                   
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Fetched 247 kB in 2s (128 kB/s)                                
Reading package lists... Done

Finally, install the Brave browser application.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install brave -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common git git-man liberror-perl
  libgconf-2-4
Suggested packages:
  gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 libgnome-keyring0 gconf-defaults-service git-daemon-run
  | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs git-mediawiki
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Setting up git (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf-service-backend (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf2 (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up brave (0.23.79-1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
menu

Now, you can able to use the brave browser application.
brave application

The version of brave web browser.
version

With this, the method to install brave on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Do I have to pay Brave to go ad-free?

A

No, you do not have to pay Brave to go ad-free, as we have a complimentary ad-free mode. We encourage users to support publishers and their favorite sites via Brave Payments.

Q

Will Brave sell user data to advertisers?

A

As earlier answers explain, we do not even have access to identifiable user data. The anonymized aggregated ad campaign related data we do collect is used for accounting and reporting, but this data cannot be mapped back to devices or user identities of any kind.

Q

Is Brave Software Hiring?

A

We are actively seeking individuals who share our vision for a more private, safe, and secure web. To view current positions, visit our Jobs page. Applicants are encouraged to apply directly―not by means of a recruiter or other representation.

Q

How do I report a security issue?

A

If you believe you have found a security issue in our product or service, we encourage you to notify us at https://hackerone.com/brave or security@brave.com.

Q

How to Install Brave on Ubuntu?

A

Run the following command:
# apt-get install brave

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