Support for ARM64 on Linux?

[AtjonTV]

Description

I recently bought a PineBook Pro from Pine64 and I obviously want to use Brave just like on my Intel powered Laptop that runs Gentoo Linux.

Though sadly Brave only seems to support ARM-HF powered Android devices. PineBooks run on Linux though, also they use a ARM64 processor.

As PineBooks have a ARM64 (64 bit) processor, I cant really run/use armhf (32 bit) builds as one would on a Raspi.

I tried to run armhf applications before, but after 6 hours of trying without success I gave up.

For what I know, Chromium has ARM64 support. I have Chromium running on here.

As the ARM processor in PineBooks is not ment for heavy load I will not attempt to compile Brave myself on here.

[bsclifton]

cc: @mihaiplesa

[Adefebrian]

Support

[Radagan]

This would open up Brave support on the PinePhone as well.

[mihaiplesa]

I've got a PR pending at brave/brave-core#6927 if anyone wants to try building. It needs more testing from our side and a few fixes.

[tgerring]

Is there a relatively easy way to test the above PR as a part of building brave-browser repo? The documentation states that brave-core is mounted at src/brave, but I'm not sure I know how to shim that into place.

I did attempt to follow the build instructions, but apt couldn't find libgnome-keyring-dev and npm run init errored out when trying to find the module "chalk".

My build environment:

System:
  Host: ubuntu Kernel: 5.8.0-1015-raspi aarch64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: MATE 1.24.1 Distro: Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) 
Machine:
  Type: ARM Device System: Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 details: BCM2835 

[coreybruce]

I agree, Brave should port to ARM64 Linux.

I will try and see if I can build/run it on my pi 4 with Manjaro Arm64

[mihaiplesa]

Reopening as this broke some things. Have to reimplement.

[Poincare1]

The comments on this are ultra confusing and comments and statements appear to contradict each other.

Simple yes/no: Is there a working Aarch64 Brave Browser version?

If not, when can we expect it?

Asking as Aarch64 linux (Manjaro) user.

[coreybruce]

The comments on this are ultra confusing and comments and statements appear to contradict each other.

Simple yes/no: Is there a working Aarch64 Brave Browser version?

If not, when can we expect it?

Asking as Aarch64 linux (Manjaro) user.

No sadly there isn't a working version for aarch64, there just has been developments on debugging issues to get it working currently.

[Poincare1]

No sadly there isn't a working version for aarch64

It's a shame that Brave has walked away from the Arm64 Linux community.

[jeanlucmongrain]

@coreybruce what are the issues?

[coreybruce]

@coreybruce what are the issues?

There isn't a working version of Brave for AArch64 or arm7l

[Ampsicora]

@mihaiplesa is there any news regard the ARM64 support implementation? When can we expect to see it working?

Can't wait to use it on my pinebook pro 😎

[magnusviri]

I would love to use ARM64 Brave on my M1 Mac (running Linux).

[josteink]

As a PinePhone and 64-bit booting RPi owner I would love a proper ARM/Aarch64 build of brave too.

Brave really should support this. There's literally dozens of us 😅

[jeanlucmongrain]

@coreybruce what are the issues?

There isn't a working version of Brave for AArch64 or arm7l

But why?

• Toolchain bug?
• nobody built it?

As there is an android arm64 build, I assume the code work on arm64

[stephematician]

Also interested in using Brave on an arm64 (Pi Model 4B).

[mihaiplesa]

@leberschnitzel this is not launched in our Linux repos yet. The only way to get it is via GitHub releases.

[leberschnitzel]

@leberschnitzel this is not launched in our Linux repos yet. The only way to get it is via GitHub releases.

duh, I could have thought of that. Using the GitHub release worked nicely and finally I have the desktop experience on my chromebook :)

[c3m0]

I like the fact that this seems to be WIP (Work in progress); the community is very strong it seems.

[stephendonner]

@brave/qa-team: marking as QA/No for the 1.46.x release, as we'll have baked-in regression tests in both the manual pass for x86 Linux, as well as individual issue verification.

We'll revisit the fuller testing in each of the 1.47.x+ milestone(s) issues, and get a QA/Yes issue going for when we're ready to fully turn on arm64 Linux on beta/release channels 👍

[martinbutt]

When trying to install this on a Debian 9 (stretch) system, I get the message:

brave-browser-nightly depends on libc6 (>= 2.29); however:
Version of libc6:arm64 on system is 2.24-11+deb9u4.

This highest version of libc6 for Debian 9 is 2.24.

The Brave System Requirements say Debian 9+ is supported.

[mherrmann]

@martinbutt please see #26189.

[lacostenycoder]

Has anyone figured out how to get this running on a Mac M1 running Ubuntu 22.04 on Parallels?

[freebrowser1]

Has anyone figured out how to get this running on a Mac M1 running Ubuntu 22.04 on Parallels?

Yes.
I tried it successfully on a Macbook Pro M1 running Ubuntu 22.04 in a UTM/QEMU VM (i.e. NOT Parallels).

[huyz]

Has anyone figured out how to get this running on a Mac M1 running Ubuntu 22.04 on Parallels?

Yes, I don't think there's anything special about running inside Parallels on a Mac M1 and it worked for me.

Just download the latest nightly that has a Linux ARM build:

1. Go to https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases
2. Look for a release that has a lot more assets than usual.
   • As of writing, that's https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.48.24 which has 90 assets.
3. Extract the right one (e.g., https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.48.24/brave-browser-nightly-1.48.24-linux-arm64.zip) into /opt/brave-browser-nightly
4. Symlink the binary brave-browser-nightly into your $PATH (in my case that was /opt/local/bin)

Here's a Gnome brave-browser-nightly.desktop file I conjured up based on the chromium snap one, although it's probably better to customize an official Brave one from a non-ARM installation:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Brave Browser Nightly
GenericName=Web Browser
GenericName[ar]=متصفح الشبكة
GenericName[ast]=Restolador web
GenericName[bg]=Уеб браузър
GenericName[bn]=ওয়েব ব্রাউজার
GenericName[bs]=Web preglednik
GenericName[ca]=Navegador web
GenericName[ca@valencia]=Navegador web
GenericName[cs]=WWW prohlížeč
GenericName[da]=Browser
GenericName[de]=Web-Browser
GenericName[el]=Περιηγητής ιστού
GenericName[en_AU]=Web Browser
GenericName[en_GB]=Web Browser
GenericName[eo]=Retfoliumilo
GenericName[es]=Navegador web
GenericName[et]=Veebibrauser
GenericName[eu]=Web-nabigatzailea
GenericName[fi]=WWW-selain
GenericName[fil]=Web Browser
GenericName[fr]=Navigateur Web
GenericName[gl]=Navegador web
GenericName[gu]=વેબ બ્રાઉઝર
GenericName[he]=דפדפן אינטרנט
GenericName[hi]=वेब ब्राउज़र
GenericName[hr]=Web preglednik
GenericName[hu]=Webböngésző
GenericName[hy]=Ոստայն զննարկիչ
GenericName[ia]=Navigator del Web
GenericName[id]=Peramban Web
GenericName[it]=Browser web
GenericName[ja]=ウェブ・ブラウザ
GenericName[ka]=ვებ ბრაუზერი
GenericName[kn]=ಜಾಲ ವೀಕ್ಷಕ
GenericName[ko]=웹 브라우저
GenericName[kw]=Peurel wias
GenericName[lt]=Žiniatinklio naršyklė
GenericName[lv]=Tīmekļa pārlūks
GenericName[ml]=വെബ് ബ്രൌസര്‍
GenericName[mr]=वेब ब्राऊजर
GenericName[ms]=Pelayar Web
GenericName[nb]=Nettleser
GenericName[nl]=Webbrowser
GenericName[or]=ଓ୍ବେବ ବ୍ରାଉଜର
GenericName[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW
GenericName[pt]=Navegador Web
GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador web
GenericName[ro]=Navigator de Internet
GenericName[ru]=Веб-браузер
GenericName[sk]=WWW prehliadač
GenericName[sl]=Spletni brskalnik
GenericName[sr]=Интернет прегледник
GenericName[sv]=Webbläsare
GenericName[ta]=இணைய உலாவி
GenericName[te]=మహాతల అన్వేషి
GenericName[th]=เว็บเบราว์เซอร์
GenericName[tr]=Web Tarayıcı
GenericName[ug]=توركۆرگۈ
GenericName[uk]=Навігатор Тенет
GenericName[vi]=Bộ duyệt Web
GenericName[zh_CN]=网页浏览器
GenericName[zh_HK]=網頁瀏覽器
GenericName[zh_TW]=網頁瀏覽器
Comment=Access the Internet
Comment[ar]=الدخول إلى الإنترنت
Comment[ast]=Accesu a Internet
Comment[bg]=Достъп до интернет
Comment[bn]=ইন্টারনেটে প্রবেশ করুন
Comment[bs]=Pristup internetu
Comment[ca]=Accediu a Internet
Comment[ca@valencia]=Accediu a Internet
Comment[cs]=Přístup k internetu
Comment[da]=Få adgang til internettet
Comment[de]=Internetzugriff
Comment[el]=Πρόσβαση στο Διαδίκτυο
Comment[en_AU]=Access the Internet
Comment[en_GB]=Access the Internet
Comment[eo]=Akiri interreton
Comment[es]=Acceda a Internet
Comment[et]=Pääs Internetti
Comment[eu]=Sartu Internetera
Comment[fi]=Käytä internetiä
Comment[fil]=I-access ang Internet
Comment[fr]=Accéder à Internet
Comment[gl]=Acceda a Internet
Comment[gu]=ઇંટરનેટ ઍક્સેસ કરો
Comment[he]=גישה לאינטרנט
Comment[hi]=इंटरनेट तक पहुंच स्थापित करें
Comment[hr]=Pristupite Internetu
Comment[hu]=Az internet elérése
Comment[hy]=Մուտք համացանց
Comment[ia]=Accede a le Interrete
Comment[id]=Akses Internet
Comment[it]=Accesso a Internet
Comment[ja]=インターネットにアクセス
Comment[ka]=ინტერნეტში შესვლა
Comment[kn]=ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್ ಅನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ
Comment[ko]=인터넷에 연결합니다
Comment[kw]=Hedhes an Kesrosweyth
Comment[lt]=Interneto prieiga
Comment[lv]=Piekļūt internetam
Comment[ml]=ഇന്റര്‍‌നെറ്റ് ആക്‌സസ് ചെയ്യുക
Comment[mr]=इंटरनेटमध्ये प्रवेश करा
Comment[ms]=Mengakses Internet
Comment[nb]=Bruk internett
Comment[nl]=Verbinding maken met internet
Comment[or]=ଇଣ୍ଟର୍ନେଟ୍ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରନ୍ତୁ
Comment[pl]=Skorzystaj z internetu
Comment[pt]=Aceder à Internet
Comment[pt_BR]=Acessar a internet
Comment[ro]=Accesați Internetul
Comment[ru]=Доступ в Интернет
Comment[sk]=Prístup do siete Internet
Comment[sl]=Dostop do interneta
Comment[sr]=Приступите Интернету
Comment[sv]=Surfa på Internet
Comment[ta]=இணையத்தை அணுகுதல்
Comment[te]=ఇంటర్నెట్‌ను ఆక్సెస్ చెయ్యండి
Comment[th]=เข้าถึงอินเทอร์เน็ต
Comment[tr]=İnternet'e erişin
Comment[ug]=ئىنتېرنېت زىيارىتى
Comment[uk]=Доступ до Інтернету
Comment[vi]=Truy cập Internet
Comment[zh_CN]=访问互联网
Comment[zh_HK]=連線到網際網路
Comment[zh_TW]=連線到網際網路
Exec=brave-browser-nightly %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/brave-browser-nightly/product_logo_128_nightly.png
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/pdf;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=brave-browser-nightly
Actions=NewWindow;Incognito;TempProfile;

[Desktop Action NewWindow]
Name=Open a New Window
Name[ast]=Abrir una Ventana Nueva
Name[bg]=Отваряне на Нов прозорец
Name[bn]=একটি নতুন উইন্ডো খুলুন
Name[bs]=Otvori novi prozor
Name[ca]=Obre una finestra nova
Name[ca@valencia]=Obri una finestra nova
Name[da]=Åbn et nyt vindue
Name[de]=Ein neues Fenster öffnen
Name[en_AU]=Open a New Window
Name[eo]=Malfermi novan fenestron
Name[es]=Abrir una ventana nueva
Name[et]=Ava uus aken
Name[eu]=Ireki leiho berria
Name[fi]=Avaa uusi ikkuna
Name[fr]=Ouvrir une nouvelle fenêtre
Name[gl]=Abrir unha nova xanela
Name[he]=פתיחת חלון חדש
Name[hy]=Բացել նոր պատուհան
Name[ia]=Aperi un nove fenestra
Name[it]=Apri una nuova finestra
Name[ja]=新しいウィンドウを開く
Name[ka]=ახალი ფანჯრის გახსნა
Name[kw]=Egery fenester noweth
Name[ms]=Buka Tetingkap Baru
Name[nb]=Åpne et nytt vindu
Name[nl]=Nieuw venster openen
Name[pt_BR]=Abre uma nova janela
Name[ro]=Deschide o fereastră nouă
Name[ru]=Открыть новое окно
Name[sl]=Odpri novo okno
Name[sv]=Öppna ett nytt fönster
Name[ug]=يېڭى كۆزنەك ئاچ
Name[uk]=Відкрити нове вікно
Name[vi]=Mở cửa sổ mới
Name[zh_CN]=打开新窗口
Name[zh_TW]=開啟新視窗
Exec=brave-browser-nightly %u

[Desktop Action Incognito]
Name=Open a New Window in incognito mode
Name[ast]=Abrir una ventana nueva en mou incógnitu
Name[bg]=Отваряне на нов прозорец в режим \"инкогнито\"
Name[bn]=একটি নতুন উইন্ডো খুলুন ইনকোগনিটো অবস্থায়
Name[bs]=Otvori novi prozor u privatnom modu
Name[ca]=Obre una finestra nova en mode d'incògnit
Name[ca@valencia]=Obri una finestra nova en mode d'incògnit
Name[de]=Ein neues Fenster im Inkognito-Modus öffnen
Name[en_AU]=Open a New Window in incognito mode
Name[eo]=Malfermi novan fenestron nekoniĝeble
Name[es]=Abrir una ventana nueva en modo incógnito
Name[et]=Ava uus aken tundmatus olekus
Name[eu]=Ireki leiho berria isileko moduan
Name[fi]=Avaa uusi ikkuna incognito-tilassa
Name[fr]=Ouvrir une nouvelle fenêtre en mode navigation privée
Name[gl]=Abrir unha nova xanela en modo de incógnito
Name[he]=פתיחת חלון חדש במצב גלישה בסתר
Name[hy]=Բացել նոր պատուհան ծպտյալ աշխատակերպում
Name[ia]=Aperi un nove fenestra in modo incognite
Name[it]=Apri una nuova finestra in modalità incognito
Name[ja]=新しいシークレット ウィンドウを開く
Name[ka]=ახალი ფანჯრის ინკოგნიტოდ გახსნა
Name[kw]=Egry fenester noweth en modh privedh
Name[ms]=Buka Tetingkap Baru dalam mod menyamar
Name[nl]=Nieuw venster openen in incognito-modus
Name[pt_BR]=Abrir uma nova janela em modo anônimo
Name[ro]=Deschide o fereastră nouă în mod incognito
Name[ru]=Открыть новое окно в режиме инкогнито
Name[sl]=Odpri novo okno v načinu brez beleženja
Name[sv]=Öppna ett nytt inkognitofönster
Name[ug]=يوشۇرۇن ھالەتتە يېڭى كۆزنەك ئاچ
Name[uk]=Відкрити нове вікно у приватному режимі
Name[vi]=Mở cửa sổ mới trong chế độ ẩn danh
Name[zh_CN]=以隐身模式打开新窗口
Name[zh_TW]=以匿名模式開啟新視窗
Exec=brave-browser-nightly --incognito

[Desktop Action TempProfile]
Name=Open a New Window with a temporary profile
Name[ast]=Abrir una ventana nueva con perfil temporal
Name[bg]=Отваряне на Нов прозорец с временен профил
Name[bn]=সাময়িক প্রোফাইল সহ একটি নতুন উইন্ডো খুলুন
Name[bs]=Otvori novi prozor pomoću privremenog profila
Name[ca]=Obre una finestra nova amb un perfil temporal
Name[ca@valencia]=Obri una finestra nova amb un perfil temporal
Name[de]=Ein neues Fenster mit einem temporären Profil öffnen
Name[en_AU]=Open a New Window with a temporary profile
Name[eo]=Malfermi novan fenestron portempe
Name[es]=Abrir una ventana nueva con perfil temporal
Name[et]=Ava uus aken ajutise profiiliga
Name[eu]=Ireki leiho berria behin-behineko profil batekin
Name[fi]=Avaa uusi ikkuna käyttäen väliaikaista profiilia
Name[fr]=Ouvrir une nouvelle fenêtre avec un profil temporaire
Name[gl]=Abrir unha nova xanela con perfil temporal
Name[he]=פתיחת חלון חדש עם פרופיל זמני
Name[hy]=Բացել նոր պատուհան ժամանակավոր հատկագրով
Name[ia]=Aperi un nove fenestra con un profilo provisori
Name[it]=Apri una nuova finestra con un profilo temporaneo
Name[ja]=一時プロファイルで新しいウィンドウを開く
Name[ka]=ახალი ფანჯრის გახსნა დროებით პროფილში
Name[kw]=Egery fenester noweth gen profil dres prys
Name[ms]=Buka Tetingkap Baru dengan profil sementara
Name[nb]=Åpne et nytt vindu med en midlertidig profil
Name[nl]=Nieuw venster openen met een tijdelijk profiel
Name[pt_BR]=Abrir uma nova janela com um perfil temporário
Name[ro]=Deschide o fereastră nouă cu un profil temporar
Name[ru]=Открыть новое окно с временным профилем
Name[sl]=Odpri novo okno z začasnim profilom
Name[sv]=Öppna ett nytt fönster med temporär profil
Name[ug]=ۋاقىتلىق سەپلىمە ھۆججەت بىلەن يېڭى كۆزنەك ئاچ
Name[vi]=Mở cửa sổ mới với hồ sơ tạm
Name[zh_CN]=以临时配置文件打开新窗口
Name[zh_TW]=以暫時性個人身分開啟新視窗
Exec=brave-browser-nightly --temp-profile

[mihaiplesa]

We're out with Linux arm64 on all channels, see https://brave.com/linux

[huyz]

yay, thanks!

[marthinus-engelbrecht]

Doesn't seem to be working for me. Text is missing. Maybe it's just missing fonts or something.

Proton mail website seems better but it's still missing some text. Same for google


All of these sites are fine in Firefox.

[huyz]

Works fine for me on Ubuntu 22.04.1LTS (aarch64 ARM).

[marthinus-engelbrecht]

Might have to do with the fact that I'm running in UTM on Apple Silicon

[huyz]

I'm actually running in Parallels on Apple Silicon. Btw, Parallels is worth the money IMO. It's got impressive features.

[marthinus-engelbrecht]

Thanks, will give the trail a shot. Do you have an M1 or M2?

[huyz]

I have an M1 Pro Max. But any Mac will do :)

[scitesy]

Doesn't seem to be working for me. Text is missing. Maybe it's just missing fonts or something. Proton mail website seems better but it's still missing some text. Same for google All of these sites are fine in Firefox.

@marthinus-engelbrecht Same experience on a Pinephone64 (aarch64) running Mobian/Debian.

[myusuf963]

You can install it with the following commands( I am running ubuntu 22.04 jellyfish on UTM, macbookpro M1 "arm64")

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -
echo "deb [arch=arm64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browser

[pghpete]

ty @myusuf963 !

Since apt-key is deprecated I used the following instead of your curl line above...
wget -qO- https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser.asc