How to install Yandex 18.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Yandex 18.4 on Ubuntu 18.04

Yandex browser is a freeware, cross-platform chromium-based Internet browser developed by Russian search engine provider. The browser checks webpage security with the Yandex security system and checks the downloaded files with anti-virus software. It also uses the Opera software' s Turbo technology to speed web browsing on slow connections.

Features

• The modern and clean user interface
• Uses Blink engine for the fast browsing experience
• Built-in pepper flash player
• Uses DNSCrypt technology to prevent DNS spoofing or cache poisoning attacks

Installation

To start with the installation procedure, Create a configuration file named yandex-browser.list configuration file and add the following contents in the file. Save and exit from the file.

root@linuxhelp1:~# vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex-browser.list
deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb beta main

Download the Yandex key file by executing the following wget command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG
--2018-06-14 23:49:42--  https://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG
Resolving repo.yandex.ru (repo.yandex.ru)... 213.180.204.183, 2a02:6b8::183
Connecting to repo.yandex.ru (repo.yandex.ru)|213.180.204.183|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Lngth: 3137 (3.1K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG’ 

YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG  100%[==============================> ]   3.06K  --.-KB/s    in 0s     

2018-06-14 23:49:44 (227 MB/s) - ‘ YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG’  saved [3137/3137]

Import the Yandex key file by executing the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-key add YANDEX-BROWSER-KEY.GPG
OK

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease      
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease    
Get:5 http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb beta InRelease [4,319 B]
Get:6 http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb beta/main amd64 Packages [805 B]
Fetched 5,124 B in 2s (2,959 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install yandex-browser-beta -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+18.04.20180322.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up yandex-browser-beta (18.4.0.2373-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/yandex-browser-beta to provide /usr/bin/yandex-browser (yandex-browser) in auto mode
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...