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How do I install Brave on Linux using the terminal?

Notes on Linux Installation:

  • If Brave does not start and shows an error about sandboxing, you may need to enable user namespaces. For security reasons, we do NOT recommend running with the --no-sandbox flag. For more info, see https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/1986#issuecomment-445057361.
  • Brave installation via Snap is no-longer officially supported. Since Snap is community-driven and Brave cannot guarantee that they are up to date with our security updates. 

Release Channel Installation

Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

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 -

source /etc/os-release

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

Debian 9, Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17

If you get gnutls_handshake() errors after adding the Brave repository on Debian 9, you may need to uninstall old conflicting packages.

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

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/ trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-trusty.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

Fedora 28+

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc

sudo dnf install brave-browser

Centos/RHel

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-release.repo
[brave-browser-release]
name=Brave Browser Release Channel repository
baseurl=https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
enabled=1
EOF

sudo yum install brave-browser
The key you’re importing should have fingerprint D8BA D4DE 7EE1 7AF5 2A83  4B2D 0BB75829 C2D4 E821.

Beta Channel Installation

Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-beta.gpg add -

source /etc/os-release

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-beta

Debian 9, Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-beta.gpg add -

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/ trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta-trusty.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-beta

Fedora 28+

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-beta.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-beta.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

sudo dnf install brave-browser-beta

Centos/RHel

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-beta.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-beta.repo
[brave-browser-beta]
name=Brave Browser Beta Channel repository
baseurl=https://brave-browser-rpm-beta.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
enabled=1
EOF

sudo yum install brave-browser-beta

The key you’re importing should have fingerprint 9228 DBCE 20DD E5EC 4648  8DE9 0B31DBA0 6A8A 26F9.

Developer Channel Installation

Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-dev.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-dev.gpg add -

source /etc/os-release

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-dev.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-dev-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-dev

Debian 9, Ubuntu 14.04, and Mint 17+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-dev.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-dev.gpg add -

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-dev.s3.brave.com/ trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-dev-trusty.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-dev

Fedora 28+

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-dev.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-dev.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

sudo dnf install brave-browser-dev

Centos/RHel

sudo rpm --import  https://brave-browser-rpm-dev.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-dev.repo
[brave-browser-dev]
name=Brave Browser Dev Channel repository
baseurl=https://brave-browser-rpm-dev.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
enabled=1
EOF

sudo yum install brave-browser-dev

The key you’re importing should have fingerprint 9228 DBCE 20DD E5EC 4648  8DE9 0B31DBA0 6A8A 26F9.

Uninstalling Release Channel

Debian/Ubuntu Distributions

sudo apt remove brave-browser
sudo apt purge brave-browser
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/
rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave*.*

Fedor/CentOS Distributions

Brave Browser Release 
dnf remove brave-browser
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/brave*.repo

Nightly Channel Installation

Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-nightly.gpg add -

source /etc/os-release

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/ $UBUNTU_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-nightly-${UBUNTU_CODENAME}.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-nightly

Debian 9, ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-nightly.gpg add -

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-nightly.s3.brave.com/ trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-nightly-trusty.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser-nightly

Fedora 28+

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-nightly.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-nightly.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

sudo dnf install brave-browser-nightly

CentOS/RHEL

sudo rpm --import  https://brave-browser-rpm-nightly.s3.brave.com/brave-core-nightly.asc

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-nightly.repo
[brave-browser-nightly]
name=Brave Browser Nightly Channel repository
baseurl=https://brave-browser-rpm-nightly.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
enabled=1
EOF

sudo yum install brave-browser-nightly

Uninstall Beta Channel

Debian/Ubuntu Distributions

sudo apt remove brave-browser-beta
sudo apt purge brave-browser-beta
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Beta/
rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave*.*

Fedora/CentOS Distributions

Brave Browser Beta 
dnf remove brave-browser-beta
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Beta/
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/brave*.repo

Uninstall Developer Channel

Debian/Ubuntu Distributions

sudo apt remove brave-browser-dev
sudo apt purge brave-browser-dev
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Dev/
rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave*.*

Fedora/CentOS Distributions

dnf remove brave-browser-dev
rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Dev/
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/brave*.repo

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