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Microsoft Edge browser for Linux

Download web site:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/do ... orm=MM145U

Below the nice pictures for the other OS's it has:
Microsoft Edge is now available on Linux.
Click on Download for Linux (.deb) to get the deb package of it.

After installing it by clicking on the deb package that downloaded.

To run it from the menu entry in menu ->Internet

It requires running with command: --no-sandbox added to the exec command.

Navigate to /usr/share/applications
Open the microsoft edge.desktop file in a text editor.
Add --no-sandbox to the exec line so it looks like this:

Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable %U --no-sandbox

save the change.

Now it should run by clicking on it's menu entry.

I just did this, so I have no info on how to use it or do anything with it.

I guess we will all learn together!

from help: Microsoft Edge
Version 120.0.2210.91 (Official build) (64-bit)
This browser is made possible by the Chromium open source project and other open source software.

Microsoft Edge

© 2023 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Working for me installed in Bookworm Pup64 10.0.3
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@bigpup :-

Erm; I hate to say it, Bigs, but.....you're a wee bit "late to the party" on this one. (Around 3 years too late, I believe...)

viewtopic.php?t=1150

Mind you, it's only in the last year or so it's finally started supporting Nvidia cards correctly under Linux. This is a function of some of MyCrudSoft's "custom" libraries they've bundled in with this; specifically written for some of Edge's 'special' (!!) features. These didn't play nice with the kernel for a long time....and the first two years-worth of Linux releases were strictly alpha/beta development builds, anyway.

It's probably fair to say it's been 'usable' as a daily browser for about 15 months, at this point. Do make sure you pay attention to the settings, and watch 'em like a hawk. M$ have a nasty habit of making the 'disable' for many functions 'enable' a bunch of other stuff you don't want, either! It's nearly as bad as the Yandex browser.......except instead of 'phoning home' to the KGB, you're 'phoning home' to the NSA instead.....

You really need to check the settings every time it updates.

(shrug...)

Mike.

Tip:

To preserve the original .desktop file:
Copy /usr/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop to /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop

In each section of the .desktop file modify the line with Exec= statements in /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop with:

Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox

All .desktop files in /root/.local/share/applications/ take precedence and will not be over-written during any updates.

@mikewalsh

Well, nothing says we cannot have a topic for the one you can download from Microsoft and a topic for your portable version.

They are actually two different packages.
This one is a deb package.

I am sure someone is going to go to the Microsoft web site for Edge and try to do what I report in this topic.

With your post having a link to the other topic.

Seems all bases are covered.

Thanks for the info on using the settings!

Ese código lo usé por mucho tiempo, pero ya no funciona esa solución como antes.

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Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox

Las más adecuadas y sin errores, es desde una terminal escribir cualquiera de estas:

run-as-spot /opt/microsoft/msedge/microsoft-edge

run-as-spot /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable

run-as-spot /usr/bin/microsoft-edge

Saludos

Yo acabo de hacer esto. En la ruta:
/usr/share/applications

Crear un archivo nuevo, o si gustan modificar el archivo que ya existe para edge

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Microsoft Edge 01
GenericName=Web Browser 01
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=run-as-spot /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=microsoft-edge.png
Type=Application
Categories=WebBrowser

MartilloG wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:03 pm

Las más adecuadas y sin errores, es desde una terminal escribir cualquiera de estas:

Exec=run-as-spot /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable
Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox

I've tested both "run-as-spot" and "--no-sandbox" with Brave browser and Vivaldi. Good to know Microsoft Edge can be hacked this way too. Pros and cons to either method. It seems to me the browser "complains" a bit with --no-sandbox, but the benefit is you can use it with your root account and have instant access to folders and files for upload/download at /root/. @MartilloG is correct that "run-as-spot" seems more error-free, less glitchy. But I went to upload a file this way and realized of course I can't reach my files at /root/ straight-away, (I'm sure people who do run-as-spot have ways to address this). But, yah, as far as browsers that don't launch when you install as root user, seems either hack will make them launch and either is good depending on what you want.

¡Saludos!

Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox

he intentado en diferentes instalaciones y Edge ya no inicia con ese comando, aunque anteriormente si iniciaba. Por eso recomendé el código nuevo

Hello, I added the '--no-sandbox' to every Exec line in the .desktop file, restarted the XWindow system, but it did not work. There was simply no reaction when starting Microsoft Edge from the menu.

When I tried the terminal window, it started ok. What is the problem?
Many thanks

FossaPup64 version 9.6, released Mar 2023

@cumaron Copy the /usr/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop to /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop

Open /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop with geany and make the change here ->

Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox %U

and save it. Now run fixmenus from a terminal or from the menu. This should work if the .deb installed correctly

If it does not, make sure the symlink to the binary is in /usr/bin

rockedge wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:32 pm

@cumaron Copy the /usr/share/microsoft-edge.desktop to /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop

Open /root/.local/share/applications/microsoft-edge.desktop with geany and make the change here ->

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Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --no-sandbox %U

and save it. Now run fixmenus from a terminal or from the menu. This should work if the .deb installed correctly

If it does not, make sure the symlink to the binary is in /usr/bin

Not to this one?

/home/spot/.local/share

@sonny yes, also in /home/spot/.local/share/applications but with the --no-sandbox parameter omitted.

Thank you!! It works now.

I downloaded the latest .deb being Version 127.0.2651.86 (Official build) (64-bit).
The last exec line in the .desktop file has an extra inprivate flag see below (I added the --no-sandbox)
Viz Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable --inprivate --no-sandbox

Is the inprivate flag a new one?
Also Edge complained that --no-sandbox is an unsupported flag - is it still needed?

Despite the questions, edge seems to run fine on fossapup64 (but I never really used it before so time will tell).

Hopefully it won't freeze like firefox whilst navigating a particular banks web site.

What is the %U for that is shown sometimes after the --no-sandbox flag?

The other option to run as spot also worked for me (and without the --no-sandbox flag edge doesn't complain about unsupported flags).

Running the script in the opt directory (just following sym links here) tells you it can't run without the --no-sandbox option - find it interesting in learning these bit and pieces.

What is the %U for that is shown sometimes after the --no-sandbox flag?

It's a parameter for the Exec key in .desktop files (defined in the Desktop Entry Specification) that describes how arguments to the program (from the file manager/program launcher, e.g. multiple selected files) should be handled:

• %u A single URL. Local files may either be passed as file: URLs or as file path.

• %U A list of URLs. Each URL is passed as a separate argument to the executable program. Local files may either be passed as file: URLs or as file path.

So, e.g., /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop contains:

Exec=gedit %U

which means that arguments to gedit will be treated as a list of URLs (or local files).