Microsoft Edge on Linux

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Solution 1

Microsoft Edge for Linux is now available in the Beta and Dev Channels at Microsoft Edge Insider Channels. Packages are available in deb and rpm formats.

Files can also be downloaded from the Microsoft package repositories: DEB, RPM

To examine files before installation:

mkdir /tmp/msedge
dpkg-deb -x microsoft-edge-dev_93.0.957.0-1_amd64.deb /tmp/msedge

After extraction, it's possible to run without installing:

/tmp/msedge/opt/microsoft/msedge-dev/microsoft-edge-dev

Warnings

If the deb is installed, it will add an apt repository by creating /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list. This behavior is inherited from Google Chrome.
The EULA states the following:

If you disable data collection through controls available in the Previews, we may continue to collect diagnostic information about the download, the installation and any removal of the Previews and “basic” data as described in the Windows Diagnostics section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Note: This answer previously contained a tutorial about installing Microsoft Edge on WINE. This seems to no longer be possible as a result of changes in the installer, WINE, or both.

Solution 2

First, install VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Then, install the Edge virtual machine for VirtualBox from here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

Solution 3

Update 2018

Microsoft announced that Edge will be released with Blink engine (Chromium) in early 2019. They didn't talk about Linux version yet and at this point only VM and Browserstack works.

Microsoft Edge will now be delivered and updated for all supported versions of Windows and on a more frequent cadence. We also expect this work to enable us to bring Microsoft Edge to other platforms like macOS. Improving the web-platform experience for both end users and developers requires that the web platform and the browser be consistently available to as many devices as possible.

Browserstack

With browserstack there isn't any need for VM or Dual boot. It shows Microsoft Edge on any browser. It will allow to test your local sites.

Till now, developers have been relying on virtual machines or PC’s with Windows 10 to test their products and websites on Microsoft Edge. To provide an easier way to test, Microsoft and BrowserStack are partnering to give developers a cloud based infrastructure to instantly test and ship great experiences on Microsoft Edge.

and about Local Testing Security:

Local Testing enables you to test local folders and internal servers. We use custom-designed Chrome and Firefox extensions, with WSS (secure WebSockets) to connect your machine to the cloud. WebSockets allows extensive interaction between the client browser and the servers and devices. To protect the privacy of transferred data during the testing session, we use WSS exclusively. WSS uses SSL over port 443 for transport and therefore only transmits encrypted data.

When testing an private server, we forge a connection between the server you have specified, and our virtual machines or physical devices. The mechanism is set up to forward requests and responses back and forth, and nothing else. Similarly for local folder testing, the BrowserStack cloud only has access to the folder mentioned during the setup of the connection. Our infrastructure cannot access anything else on your filesystem.

Solution 4

Microsoft Edge for Linux is now in Beta. Read this article for more information: https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-edge-for-linux-gets-an-official-beta-release

To install Microsoft Edge from the Beta follow these steps:

(Do note that installing Microsoft Edge, (using the following methods), will add the Microsoft repository so your system will automatically keep Microsoft Edge up to date.)

Method 1

Go to https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=linux-deb.
Click on Download under the Beta Channel.
Read the license terms and then press Accept and download.
A dialogue box might appear in Firefox depending upon the settings. Choose Save File and click OK.
Open the folder where the .deb file is saved. Right click (not on the file) and choose Open in Terminal.
Now the terminal will open. Execute the following command:
```
sudo apt install ./microsoft-edge-beta_92.0.902.15-1_amd64.deb
```
Note: The file name may vary. Please use the name of the file which you have downloaded.

Method 2

Screenshot from https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=linux-deb

Open Terminal. Execute:
```
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
```
If curl is not installed, run sudo apt install curl and then run the above command.

Run:

sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/

Run:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-beta.list'

Run:
```
sudo rm microsoft.gpg
```
Run:
```
sudo apt update
```
Run:
```
sudo apt install microsoft-edge-beta
```

Solution 5

Microsoft announced that Edge will abandon it's curent engine to become another Chromium based web-browser. (Like we hadn't enough of those already !) So in the future you won't need to test with Edge as long as you do it with any other Chromium based browser.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

ICE almost 2 years
I'm Web Developer and need Microsoft Edge for testing on my Ubuntu.

I know I can have Microsoft Edge by:
1. Installing Windows on Virtual Machine.
2. Linux - Windows Dual boot.
But with these solutions, I have to buy windows while I'm not using it for everyday computing. Also I can't get rid of the Windows with these solutions.

I've read some articles about Microsoft Edge on Linux but couldn't find any solution. In 2015 they did this conference and Edge on Linux still doesn't happening:

WOAH, I CAN TEST EDGE & IE ON A MAC & LINUX!

I also found this and It seems Microsoft doesn't care for Edge on Linux. at least for now:

It turns out that Microsoft Edge is only available with operating system like Windows 10 and a browser application with few mobile devices.

Is there anyway to have Microsoft Edge on Linux without VM?
ICE over 7 years

I want to see how Edge and IE show and handle my html/css and javascript. How text editor can do what these browsers do?
negusp over 7 years

@ICE Use a VM, and/or use RemoteIE.
Timo Huovinen almost 6 years

Websites are not images, interaction needs to be tested too.
j-money over 5 years

How does this solve op's current problem? Rather than solving the issue some time in the future?
Bigou over 5 years

@j-money You're right, it doesn't solve anything NOW, but it still seemed important to me. That said, and while a bit unrelated, I find it sad (and a bit dangerous) to have almost all web-browser use the same engine. I would have preferred if Microsoft add chosen to open the code of their render engine instead.
Alex about 5 years

Timo, Browserstack has live testing if you didn't know...
rtaft over 3 years

Note that this is free and should have been the accepted answer as the linux version is not identical to the windows one and the Edge user base is Windows.