How To Install Microsoft Edge on Linux Mint 21

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Microsoft Edge on Linux Mint 21. For those of you who didn’t know, Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft. As you know, Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, the open-source browser engine developed by Google. Therefore, any website, web app, or web service that works in any Chromium-based browser, such as Google Chrome, will work in Edge. In addition, Edge is available for macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of a Microsoft Edge browser on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa).

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa).
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Microsoft Edge on Linux Mint 21 Vanessa

Step 1. Before running the tutorial below, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget ca-certificates gnupg2

Step 2. Installing Microsoft Edge on Linux Mint 21.

By default, Microsoft Edge is not available on the Linux Mint 21 base repository. Now we add the Microsoft Edge repository to your system using the following command:

echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-edge.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list

Next, import the GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-edge.gpg > /dev/null

Now start by updating the packages list and install Microsoft Edge stable by using the command below:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stable

Step 3. Accessing Microsoft Edge Browser on Linux Mint 21.

Once we finish with the installation, we will find Microsoft Edge in the Mint menu, in the Internet section or you can launch it through the terminal with the help of the command shown below:

microsoft-edge

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Microsoft Edge. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the latest version of the Microsoft Edge web browser on the Linux Mint system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Microsoft Edge website.