How to install Ladybird on Fedora

Why use Ladybird browser?

Ladybird is a web browser that is designed to be fast and lightweight. It is built on top of the Chromium browser engine, which means that it is compatible with all of the latest web technologies. Ladybird is designed to be easy to use and to provide a clean and simple user interface.

Andreas Kling the creator of Ladybird, is also the creator of the SerenityOS.

Download and Install Ladybird on Fedora

Ladybird it’s on development, so you can download the latest version from the official GitHub repo.

Feel free to clone the repository or download the full source code as a zip file.

Dependencies

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sudo dnf install autoconf-archive automake ccache cmake curl liberation-sans-fonts libglvnd-devel nasm ninja-build perl-FindBin perl-IPC-Cmd perl-lib qt6-qtbase-devel qt6-qtmultimedia-devel qt6-qttools-devel qt6-qtwayland-devel tar unzip zip zlib-ng-compat-static

ⓘ These are the dependencies required to build Ladybird from source

Build Ladybird

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Ladybird package.
3. Run the following command to install Ladybird:

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sh Meta/ladybird.sh install

Copy the Ladybird binary to a directory in your PATH:

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sudo cp Build/release/bin/Ladybird /usr/local/bin

Run Ladybird

You can now run Ladybird like an standard application or by typing ladybird in a terminal window.

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Ladybird

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any errors during the build process, you can run the following command to clean up the build directory and start over:

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sh Meta/ladybird.sh clean

ⓘ Check the official Ladybird documentation for more information

Conclusion

Ladybird it’s on development, so you can expect some bugs and missing features. But it’s a good alternative to the mainstream browsers, and it’s worth to give it a try.

Consider supporting the Ladybird project donating on donorbox. Donors can also contribute to the development of the browser.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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