Vivaldi browser on SailfishOS

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Has anyone experience using one of the Vivaldi RPM packages off the official website on SFOS?

Right now I can’t test it myself because I have to wait until mid 2026 for my Jolla Phone.

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You should select the ARM64.apk by clicking on the alternative Downloads section at the bottom.

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Then just clicking on the downloaded apk-file and it install it.

Tested on my Jolla C2 and working:

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And a general suggestion:
I did always try to download the needed Android-Apps from the Webpages of origin. This apk often doesn’t need/have the google-play-(rootkit ;-)) and they have often autoupdate-feature in the app, like Telegram-App for example. So no need for Appstores in this case.

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But that’s an Android package, not an RPM.

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True, but at least it’s usable until it’s possible to install/use standard Desktop Linux RPM packages on SailfishOS.

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Thanks, will give this a try if there is no RPM solution until I receive my pre-ordered Jolla Phone in mid 2026.

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Can you please mark your last or my first post as solution?

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Can’t spot a way to mark yours as solution. How do I do so?

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Normally this “Solution”-Button should be displayed:
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[Off-topic]
Application → Android doesn’t have this option, but I moved to General, set a solution and moved to Application → Android again.
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Android Version rund without problems on Xperia 10 III. Didn’t know I can get it from the website, installed it via Aurora Store.

But I wonder why it’s no available on F-Droid.

And it would be cool to get it in Jolla, Appstore too (even the Android version) as it’s a European software. (perhaps Jolla, should invite selected European app developers to publish their android apps in Jolla Store - or much better doing native apps…)

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I have been using Vivaldi for a long time on my desktop and also in App Support on the Xperia10-II. I installed it with FFUpdater. This automatically downloads the latest version from the website.

Unfortunately, when used with Sailfish OS 5.0.0.72, the current version keeps one processor core at 100% utilization as soon as it is opened. I did not notice this problem before the OS update, at least. That is why I have now installed V6.9.3451.114, which does not have this problem.

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Apologies I did not notice the topic was regarding the rpm.

Regarding the Android version

I use Vivaldi daily on Jolla C2, Sailfish 1.0.0.59. For most uses it is fine, e.g. reading news, casual web browsing. The only things I believe are:

  • scroll is not entirely smooth
  • I think FIDO security keys (e.g. YubiKey) do not work.

Other than that I think it must be OK as I do not have any other Android Browsers installed. Easy to install via the Aurora Store.

Regarding the aarm64 rpm

I am not sure this would work although Sailfish is a Wayland compositor and Vivaldi uses Wayland

… trying to install indicated a dependency is missing: libX11.so.6()(64bit).

Do not try to install without the dependency: the app will not work and may not be possible to remove the package after install.