After installation of any Linux distribution, picking the right web browser is a key process to enjoy your internet surfing. How the can I install Brave Web browser on CentOS 8 Desktop machine?. Brave is among the popular web browsers designed for security and speed. Brave can be installed on macOS, Windows, Linux and on mobile devices. Brave comes with a built-in ad blocker that prevents tracking and provides security protection with optimized data and battery performance.
Features of Brave Web Browser
- Fast Browsing – According to its creators, Brave loads pages three times as fast out of the box with nothing to install, learn or manage.
- Search – Choose default search engine – Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo e.t.c
- Easy to switch to Brave – It’s easy to import your settings from your old browser. You can do it during the welcome tour or later through the menus.
- Privacy and Security – Brave fights malware and prevents tracking, keeping your information safe and secure. Clearing of browsing data and a built-in password manager.
- Support your favorite sites with Brave Rewards – with Brave Rewards activated, you can support the content creators you love at the amount that works for you.
- Form autofill which saves you time when working with forms
- Extensions/Plugins – Brave Desktop now supports most of the Chrome extensions in the chrome web store
Install Brave Web Browser on CentOS 8 Desktop
You can either install the stable release of Brave Web browser on CentOS 8 Linux Desktop or go with the Beta version if you’re more interested in latest features. The packages for Brave browser are not available on the default CentOS 8 repositories. We’ll need to add the Brave repository before doing installation of Brave Browser on CentOS 8 Desktop.
Import repository key:
sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.ascAdd Brave Browser YUM repository to CentOS 8 Workstation.
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/The command execution will give an output similar to below.
Adding repo from: https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/Confirm there is a file added to /etc/yum.repos.d directory.
$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_.repo
[brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_]
name=created by dnf config-manager from https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
baseurl=https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
enabled=1Once the repository has been added, use dnf or yum package manager to install Brave Web Browser on CentOS 8 Desktop.
Then install Brave web browser on Fedora:
sudo dnf install brave-browserHit the y key in your keyboard to begin installation of Brave Browser on CentOS 8 Desktop.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
brave-browser x86_64 1.11.97-1 brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_ 76 M
Installing dependencies:
brave-keyring noarch 1.8-1 brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_ 11 k
libXScrnSaver x86_64 1.2.3-1.el8 AppStream 31 k
libappindicator-gtk3 x86_64 12.10.0-19.el8 AppStream 43 k
libdbusmenu x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8 AppStream 140 k
libdbusmenu-gtk3 x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8 AppStream 41 k
liberation-fonts noarch 1:2.00.3-7.el8 BaseOS 20 k
liberation-serif-fonts noarch 1:2.00.3-7.el8 BaseOS 609 k
libindicator-gtk3 x86_64 12.10.1-14.el8 AppStream 70 k
mesa-vulkan-drivers x86_64 19.3.4-2.el8 AppStream 3.5 M
vulkan-loader x86_64 1.2.131.1-1.el8 AppStream 114 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 11 Packages
Total download size: 80 M
Installed size: 92 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
For complete installation you should see below output in your terminal.
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Total 2.0 MB/s | 80 MB 00:40
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : libdbusmenu-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64 1/11
Installing : libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64 2/11
Installing : vulkan-loader-1.2.131.1-1.el8.x86_64 3/11
Installing : mesa-vulkan-drivers-19.3.4-2.el8.x86_64 4/11
Installing : brave-keyring-1.8-1.noarch 5/11
Running scriptlet: brave-keyring-1.8-1.noarch 5/11
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start atd.service
Installing : liberation-serif-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch 6/11
Installing : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch 7/11
Installing : libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.el8.x86_64 8/11
Installing : libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-19.el8.x86_64 9/11
Installing : libXScrnSaver-1.2.3-1.el8.x86_64 10/11
Running scriptlet: brave-browser-1.11.97-1.x86_64 11/11
Installing : brave-browser-1.11.97-1.x86_64 11/11
Running scriptlet: brave-browser-1.11.97-1.x86_64 11/11
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start atd.service
Verifying : libXScrnSaver-1.2.3-1.el8.x86_64 1/11
Verifying : libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-19.el8.x86_64 2/11
Verifying : libdbusmenu-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64 3/11
Verifying : libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64 4/11
Verifying : libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.el8.x86_64 5/11
Verifying : mesa-vulkan-drivers-19.3.4-2.el8.x86_64 6/11
Verifying : vulkan-loader-1.2.131.1-1.el8.x86_64 7/11
Verifying : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch 8/11
Verifying : liberation-serif-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch 9/11
Verifying : brave-browser-1.11.97-1.x86_64 10/11
Verifying : brave-keyring-1.8-1.noarch 11/11
Installed products updated.
Installed:
brave-browser-1.11.97-1.x86_64 brave-keyring-1.8-1.noarch libXScrnSaver-1.2.3-1.el8.x86_64 libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-19.el8.x86_64 libdbusmenu-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64
libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-12.el8.x86_64 liberation-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch liberation-serif-fonts-1:2.00.3-7.el8.noarch libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.el8.x86_64 mesa-vulkan-drivers-19.3.4-2.el8.x86_64
vulkan-loader-1.2.131.1-1.el8.x86_64
Complete!To start using Brave Browser on CentOS 8 Workstation, launch it from the command line or graphical interface.
$ brave-browser
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$ brave-browser-stable
You’re set for a roll with Brave browser on CentOS 8 Workstation. Check other guides on CentOS 8 available in our website.
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