Opera web browser 63 was released a day ago with improved private browsing mode.
Opera 63 release highlights:
- Improved private browsing mode (also known as incognito mode)
- Use Bookmarks Bar as default location for saving bookmarks
- Add “Speed Dial Filtering” feature for Windows.
- Add improvements to the Snapshot tool: ‘Save page as pdf’ and ‘Copy and close’ options
- The Bookmarks Bar is now hidden once the last bookmark is removed
- Remove the double “New window” button when right-clicking on the Launcher bar
- Updated Chromium version, and various other changes.
How to Install Opera 63 in Ubuntu:
The Opera team offers snap package (runs in sandbox), which is always up-to-date (auto-updates itself). You can simply install it in Ubuntu Software:
Also native .deb package for Ubuntu is available for downloading at the link below:
To receive future updates through Software Updater, add the official Opera apt repository via following steps:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the opera repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'
2. Get the key:
wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Finally either install Opera via following command or upgrade the browser via Software Updater:
sudo apt update sudo apt install opera-stable
Uninstall:
For the Opera snap package, simply remove it from Ubuntu Software.
For the Opera apt repository, launch Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.
To remove traditional opera package, either use your system package manager or run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove opera-stable
