Installing Brave on Manjaro Linux
There are two ways to install Brave on Manjaro Linux
- Using Pacman package Manager
- Using Yay AUR helper
So, let’s go through both the installation methods.
Using Pacman
Step 1: Update and upgrade your system running
$ sudo pacman -Syu
Step 2: Now, install brave from the arch repository using Pacman package manager.
$ sudo pacman -S brave-browser
Step 3: Verify the installation by checking the build version.
$ brave --version
Using Yay
Step 1: Install required dependencies/packages on the system.
$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
Step 2: Install yay by running the following set of commands.
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git $ cd yay-git $ makepkg -sri
Step 3: Verify if Yay has been installed correctly by performing a version check.
$ yay --version
Step 4: Install the latest version of the brave by executing the following command:
$ yay -S brave-bin
Step 5: Verify the installation by performing a version check
$ brave --version
How to install Brave Browser on Arch-based Linux Distributions(Manjaro) ?
Brave is a free, open-source cross-platform web browser developed and maintained by Brave Software Incorporation. With Brave, you can keep your browsing activity private by automatically disabling website trackers and blocking advertisements. It is built on top of Chromium, which is an open-source version of Google Chrome. It is primarily written in C++ programming language and was first released in 2016 under the MPL-2 license. You can download it for almost every major operating system including Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux. This article will discuss how to install the Brave browser on Arch-based Linux Distributions.