Installing Microsoft Edge Dev on Alma Linux 9.3 is very simple, this is how to easily install this browser on Alma Linux 9.3.
Download the RPM file here: https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge/Packages/m/.
Then install the Liberation Fonts package. This is required for Edge installation.
[root@2403-4800-25af-b00--2 Downloads]# dnf in liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch Last metadata expiration check: 2:49:31 ago on Sun Apr 7 08:40:00 2024. Dependencies resolved. =========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size =========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: liberation-fonts noarch 1:2.1.3-4.el9 appstream 7.9 k Transaction Summary =========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total download size: 7.9 k Installed size: 0 Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: liberation-fonts-2.1.3-4.el9.noarch.rpm 46 kB/s | 7.9 kB 00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7.5 kB/s | 7.9 kB 00:01 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch 1/1 Verifying : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch 1/1 Installed: liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch Complete! |
Then install the Microsoft Edge package.
[root@2403-4800-25af-b00--2 Downloads]# rpm -ivh microsoft-edge-dev-125.0.2492.1-1.x86_64.rpm Verifying... ################################# [100%] Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:microsoft-edge-dev-125.0.2492.1-1################################# [100%] |
This worked a treat.
This is the easy way to install a modern browser on Alma Linux.
(jcartwright@2403-4800-25af-b00--2) 192.168.1.5 Downloads $ su Password: [root@2403-4800-25af-b00--2 Downloads]# dnf info packages-microsoft-prod-1.0-1.noarch microsoft-edge-dev 23 kB/s | 33 kB 00:01 Available Packages Name : packages-microsoft-prod Version : 1.0 Release : 1 Architecture : noarch Size : 6.8 k Source : packages-microsoft-prod-1.0-1.src.rpm Repository : packages-microsoft-com-prod Summary : Configure clients for the Microsoft prod repo URL : http://redhat.com License : GPLv2 Description : Configure clients for the Microsoft prod repo |