How to install Microsoft Edge for Linux on Ubuntu

Microsoft announced that Edge is now available for download on Linux. Currently it is available in the Edge Dev channel version of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. It is now supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE linux distributions. You can now download and install it from Microsoft Edge Insider website. Soon it will be available in the stable Edge channel.

Install Microsoft Edge for Linux on Ubuntu

Go to the below Microsoft Edge Insider website to download the latest version of Microsoft Edge in .deb package file for Ubuntu/Debian. And save it on your Downloads folder.

Download Microsoft Edge for Linux

Open your terminal command line application (ctrl+alt+t) and navigate to your Downloads folder.

cd Downloads

Then run below installation command.

sudo dpkg -i microsoft-edge-dev_88.0.673.0-1_amd64.deb

Here “microsoft-edge-dev_88.0.673.0-1_amd64.deb” is the downloaded file name. You can change the above command based on the file name. And finally run

sudo apt install -f

Then open from application menu.

That’s it.