Microsoft Edge based on Chromium and out-of-the-box browser for Windows 10 latest versions is also available for Linux users as well. Therefore, it is a cross-platform browser application that is not available for desktop users but also for smartphones.
Here we let you know how to install the latest version of Microsoft Edge on all major Linux Distros using the command line.
Install Edge browser on RHEL or CentOS/Fedora
The latest version of RedHat is RHEL 8, however, RHEL 7 & 6 are still in use because of long-term supported server operating systems. Therefore, as per the version of your RedHat Enterprise Linux, add the Microsoft repository.
Add RPM repository
As per your RHEL or CentOS Linux including ORacel/Rocky/Almalinux add the given repos:
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge
sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d/packages.microsoft.com_yumrepos_edge.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft-edge.repo
Install Edge browser
For Stable version
sudo dnf install microsoft-edge-stable
For Developer version
sudo dnf install microsoft-edge-dev or sudo yum install microsoft-edge-dev
Debian/Ubuntu-based systems
Systems that are running on Debian or Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04 including Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Elementary OS, and others can use the below steps for the installation of Edge browser on their Linux OS.
Add GPG Key and repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list' sudo rm microsoft.gpg
Install Microsoft Edge browser
sudo apt update sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stable
