{"id":8017,"date":"2018-08-02T15:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8017"},"modified":"2025-03-14T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:31:39","slug":"install-opera-easily-snap-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/install-opera-easily-snap-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Opera Web Browser Easily via Snap in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5612\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/opera-icon2.png\" alt=\"opera web browser\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest Opera web browser now is available to install easily via Snap package in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>Snap is containerised software package, designed to work securely within most Linux desktop. It bundles most required dependencies and auto-updates itself.<\/p>\n<p>Opera <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.opera.com\/desktop\/2018\/08\/opera-launches-snap-linux-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced its snap packages<\/a> for Linux users, so that you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>install Opera (snap) in Ubuntu Software.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>always has up-to-date Opera application<\/b> (since it auto-update itself)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 users you can now install Opera snap in Ubuntu Software (or App Center for Ubuntu 24.04 and loater):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8019\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/opera-snap-softwarecenter-600x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/opera-snap-softwarecenter-600x288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/opera-snap-softwarecenter-450x216.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/opera-snap-softwarecenter-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/opera-snap-softwarecenter.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or run command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) instead to install the snap:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8018\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-opera-snap-600x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-opera-snap-600x92.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-opera-snap-450x69.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-opera-snap.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Ubuntu 16.04 users who never installed snap package, you may need to install <code>snapd<\/code> first via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install snapd snapd-xdg-open<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6976\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-600x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-600x89.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg-450x67.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/install-snapd-xdg.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Opera web browser now is available to install easily via Snap package in Ubuntu. Snap is containerised software package, designed to work securely within most Linux desktop. It bundles most required dependencies and auto-updates itself. Opera announced its snap packages for Linux users, so that you can: install Opera (snap) in Ubuntu Software. 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