How To Install QupZilla 1.8.5 On Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1 And OpenSUSE 12.3

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 1.8.5, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• save geometry of Preferences window
• enable HighDPI pixmaps with Qt 5
• add option to completely disable SSLv3
• fix url for China AdBlock list
• fix issue with opening modal dialogs being hidden by active window
• fix loading dictionaries in spellcheck
• fix behavior of delete key in locationbar
• MouseGestures: add new gesture for duplication of current tab

In this article I will show you how to install QupZilla 1.8.5 on Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1 and OpenSUSE 12.3 systems.

Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.

How to install QupZilla 1.8.5 on Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy systems:

Instructions for 32 bit Debian systems:

$ wget www.qupzilla.com/startdownload?debian32
$ sudo dpkg -i qupzilla*.deb

Instructions for 64 bit Debian systems:

$ wget www.qupzilla.com/startdownload?debian64
$ sudo dpkg -i qupzilla*.deb

Optional, to remove qupzilla, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove qupzilla

How to install QupZilla 1.8.5 on openSUSE 13.2:

zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:Extra/openSUSE_13.2/KDE:Extra.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install qupzilla

Optional, to remove qupzilla, do:

$ sudo zypper remove qupzilla

How to install QupZilla 1.8.5 on openSUSE 13.1:

zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:Extra/openSUSE_13.1/KDE:Extra.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install qupzilla

Optional, to remove qupzilla, do:

$ sudo zypper remove qupzilla

How to install QupZilla 1.8.5 on openSUSE 12.3:

zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:Extra/openSUSE_12.3/KDE:Extra.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install qupzilla

Optional, to remove qupzilla, do:

$ sudo zypper remove qupzilla