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Ubuntu – Installation of Firefox, Chrome, Opera Internet Browsers in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10

1. Mozilla Firefox

Firefox in often pre-installed in most Ubuntu derivatives. If not, it can be easily installed from the standard repository.

sudo apt-get install -y firefox

2. Google Chrome


wget -q -O- https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

3. Opera


wget -q -O-  http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y opera

Troubleshooting

1. Duplicate Errors after apt-get update
Duplicate Errors will be thrown if a source entry exists in more than one file.
One solution it to remove the newly created entries, e.g.

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

References

1. Firefox Home: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
2. Google Chrome Home: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
3. Opera Home: http://www.opera.com/