Install Vivaldi web browser on Ubuntu, via PPA. Terminal commands to download and install Vivaldi Web Browser (Snapshot 1.0.249.12) on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. The latest release, Vivaldi (Snapshot 1.0.249.12) comes with web panels, extension buttons UI, progress bar info and tab performance improvements.
- Web panels – The most striking feature of Vivaldi Web Browser (Snapshot 1.0.249.12) is the ability to multi-task online. It comes with a brand new feature called ‘Web Panels.’ It is similar to window snapping for websites. Using the feature you can add a website to the left-hand panel area manually and work on two websites at once.
To add a new web panel, click on the ‘+’ and enter the URL. As you add a new web panel it will gain an icon on the left hand side, below the built in panels. Clicking on the icon will open that page within the panel area.
- Extension UI buttons – Besides the basic extension support in Vivaldi, the latest snapshot features support for Extension UI buttons (pageAction and browserAction). This opens up the range of extensions that will work in Vivaldi, giving you even more options. Extensions that use page actions will place an icon inside URL field, while extensions using browser actions place their icons to the far right of the address bar.
- More details in the progress bar – With the advance address field, you can get an idea about the progress of page loading with a more advanced animation. It now tells how quickly pages are loading.
- Performance: tabs and bookmarks – The latest version of Vivaldi snapshot’s code have been re-written to optimize for speed. Vivaldi should now be quicker when opening, closing and switching tabs. You should also see an improvement in the bookmark treeview.
Install Vivaldi Web Browser on Ubuntu
The simplest way to install Vivaldi (vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1) on 32 Bit (i386) or 64 Bit (amd64) is manually. First you download the vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_i386.deb or vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_amd64.deb files from the official source (download link given below). Once downloaded, move it to home directory and then run the dpkg command to extract and install the Vivaldi.
The dpkg command uses the following format. By default (if no path is given) it will find the package in HOME directory.
dpkg -i package-name-here.deb
dpkg –install package-name-here.deb
dpkg -i -R /path/to/dir/name/with/lots/of/dot-deb-files/
dpkg -i –recursive /path/to/dir/name/with/lots/of/dot-deb-files/
You can also run the following command to download and install the vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1 on Ubuntu:
Install Vivaldi Snapshot on 32 bit Ubuntu systems
$ sudo wget https://vivaldi.com/download/download.php?f=vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_i386.deb
Install Vivaldi Snapshot on 64 bit Ubuntu systems
$ sudo wget https://vivaldi.com/download/download.php?f=vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.249.12-1_amd64.deb
Once installed, you can open the Vivaldi web browser from Ubuntu Dash. (screenshot below)
Download Vivaldi Web Browser on Ubuntu
Vivaldi can be downloaded via deb and rpm packages. The Deb installer package is available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and above.