Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, QupZilla is a lightweight web browser, built on QtWebKit. QupZilla includes all standard functions of a modern browser, including bookmarks, history, tabs. And it’s power can be extended via plugins, like AdBlock, RSS reader, and many others. The latest version available is Qupzilla 1.5.4, which is unstable and the latest stable version is Qupzilla 1.4.31.
In this article I will show you how to install both Qupzilla 1.5.4 and Qupzilla 1.4.31 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia and Linux Mint 13 Maya.
Both Qupzilla 1.5.4 (unstable) and Qupzilla 1.4.31 (stable) are available via the official PPA, so installing them is easy. Follow this instructions exactly in order to get a successful installation:
Add the PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nowrep/qupzilla
Update the local repository index:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install Qupzilla 1.4.31:
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla
To install Qupzilla 1.5.4 unstable, we have to install the qupzilla-next package:
$ sudo apt-get install qupzilla-next
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