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

Update the system by running the apt-get update command.

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

Install the Yandex beta package by executing the following command

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) ...

After installing the application you can access the application from the terminal as follows

The Yandex browser is functioning well Browse your favorite sites from Yandex browser as shown here.

with this, the method to install Yandex 18.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end