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I am a diehard mac user and have recently bought an RPI 3 model B. Because I am so used to Safari I was curious if it is possible to install Safari on a pi, and if so how.

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No, you cannot. Safari requires an x86 processor to run, and the Raspberry Pi has an ARM processor. For more information on why this is problematic, we have a helpful blog post.

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  • Thank you! I will definitely keep this in mind for other applications!
    – Austin Hitt
    Mar 22, 2016 at 22:16
  • can't we build from sources , but I think Safari is not open source
    – Ciasto piekarz
    Aug 31, 2016 at 4:40
  • @Ciastopiekarz it is closed source.
    – Jacobm001
    Aug 31, 2016 at 4:41
  • I really like safari's bookmarks management . I usually research the web from my MacBook and sometime use the same bookmarks from my iPhone . This makes life lot easier
    – Ciasto piekarz
    Aug 31, 2016 at 4:46
  • @Ciastopiekarz Yes, Yes it does :-)
    – Austin Hitt
    Oct 13, 2016 at 4:51
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You can use Epiphany via sudo apt install epiphany. This is the official WebKit browser for Linux https://webkit.org/downloads/. So it uses the same rendering and JavaScript engine as Safari. It just has a different appearance and lacks all the convenience features.
It also was the first browser officially supported by the Raspberry Pi foundation back in the days.

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It has no advantage over Chrome any more. I don't know how actively the version in the repo is maintainend. You have to assume that Chrome will be more up-to-date in this regard.

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