Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Otter Browser is an open source lightweight internet browser, similar to the good old Opera 12 Browser, with a interface developed in Qt5 and WebKit.
The first beta version of the Otter browser (Otter 0.9.01) has been released for both Linux and Windows. Among others, it got a new icon, support for Ubuntu’s Qt stack (so it can be compiled on Ubuntu), a new error console, support for additional atributes for bookmarks and bookmark keyword, translations in 18 languages and a bunch of fixes and improvements. For more information, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Otter Browser 0.9.01 (Otter Browser Beta 1) on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Isis, LXLE 14.04 and other Ubuntu 14.04 derivative systems.
Because it is not available via PPA, we have to download the otter deb packages from sourceforge and install them via command-line. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Otter Browser Beta 1 (Otter 0.9.01) on 32 bit Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04 and derivative systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/files/otter-browser-beta1/otter-browser_0.9.01_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi otter-browser_0.9.01_i386.deb
Optional, to remove otter-browser, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove otter-browser
How to install Otter Browser Beta 1 (Otter 0.9.01) on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04 and derivative systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/files/otter-browser-beta1/otter-browser_0.9.01_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi otter-browser_0.9.01_amd64.deb
Optional, to remove otter-browser, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove otter-browser