In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install and configure Opera Browser on CentOS 7. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Opera is one of the oldest and stable web browser available today. Opera is built on WebKit Engine so you can also install Google Chrome extensions on this browser. It also comes with a built-in adblocker plugin and save battery mode. Opera runs on computer operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Android also Linux system.
Install Opera Browser on CentOS
Step 1. The first command will update the package lists to ensure you get the latest version and dependencies.
sudo yum install epel-release sudo yum update
Step 2. Install Opera web browser.
First, download Opera installer using wget command or curl command run below command:
wget https://download3.operacdn.com/pub/opera/desktop/60.0.3255.27/linux/opera-stable_60.0.3255.27_amd64.rpm
Next, run following command to install downloaded.rpm package:
sudo yum install opera-stable_60.0.3255.27_amd64.rpm
After completing the above process you have installed Opera browser successfully on CentOS 7.
Step 3. Starting Opera.
Now that Opera is installed on your CentOS system you can start it either from the command line by typing opera or by clicking on the Opera icon (Applications -> Opera) or you can run the following command also to run it using terminal:
opera
Congratulation, you have learned how to install and configure Opera Browser on CentOS 7. If you have any question, please leave a comment below.
