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    How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu

    By RahulDecember 15, 20224 Mins Read

    Have you ever wondered why there are not so many users of Chromium-based browsers on Linux? Most people prefer using Google Chrome rather than the other Chromium-based browsers. The good news is that you can also enjoy its benefits by installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu and Linux Mint. If you love Google Chrome, but prefer to use it from the terminal instead of having another browser as your primary app, this article should be useful for you.

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    In this article, we’ll show you how to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu or Linux Mint and some tips for how to use it as your primary browser. Read on!

    How to Install Google Chrome with PPA

    The Google Chrome developer team provides a PPA for installing it on the Debian-based systems. All the users, that have terminal access only can follow these instructions. Use the below instructions to install Google Chrome with PPA on Ubuntu, Debian, and LinuxMint systems.

    1. Configure GPG Key: First, you need to configure the GPG key on your system. The latest Linux operating systems changed the way of using GPG keys. So use one of the below commands as per the operating system version:
      • Ubuntu 22.04 and newer versions:
        curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/chrome.gpg > /dev/null 2>&1 
        
      • Ubuntu 20.04 and older versions:
        wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - 
        
    2. Setup Chrome PPA: Next, create a PPA file for Google Chrome on your system. Use one of the below commands as per your operating system version:
      • Ubuntu 22.04 and newer versions:
        sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' 
        
      • Ubuntu 20.04 and older versions:
        sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/chrome.gpg ] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' 
        
    3. Install Google Chrome Application: After adding the Google Chrome repository to our system use the following commands to install the latest Google Chrome stable release. If you already have installed an older version, It will upgrade the currently installed version with the recent stable version.
      sudo apt update 
      sudo apt install google-chrome-stable 
      

      If prompted for confirmation, Press ‘y’ and hit enter to complete the Google chrome installation.

      How to Install Google Chrome In Ubuntu
      Installing Google Chrome In Ubuntu

    Launch Google Chrome

    You have successfully installed Google Chrome on your Ubuntu or LinuxMint system. After successful installation, the GUI can search for the chrome launcher icon under applications to start the application.

    How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu
    Launch Google Chrome

    During the first launch, Chrome will prompt you to set it as the default browser. Choose options of your choice and click Ok.

    How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu & LinuxMint
    Set Google Chrome as default browser

    The Google Chrome web browser is successfully installed and running on the Ubuntu system.

    Installing Chrome on Ubuntu
    Google Chrome browser running on Ubuntu

    Tips for Using Google Chrome on Linux

    If you’re using Google Chrome as your primary browser, we recommend that you install the following open-source extensions to enjoy all its features in an easier way.

    • The Great Suspender: This is one of the most useful extensions for Chrome on Linux. It will automatically suspend the inactive tabs, making your browser faster.
    • Session Buddy: With Session Buddy, you can resume your tabs from where you left off. This is great if you’re using more than one computer.
    • Hover Zoom: Hover Zoom allows you to zoom images by hovering the cursor over them.
    • Download Tab: You can download the complete contents of a tab or a link.
    • Speed Dial: Google Speed Dial is an excellent alternative to the built-in New Tab.
    • Session Manager: This extension allows you to save and restore sessions.

    Conclusion

    Chromium-based browsers are very fast and efficient. If you’re a heavy user of the internet, Google Chrome is the best browser for you. And now that you know how to install and use it, there’s no reason for you not to try it out. We hope you find this article useful. Stay tuned for more guides on Chrome on Linux!

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    45 Comments

    1. adi on March 17, 2021 8:28 am

      sir chrome show only half screen why

      Reply
    2. Socrates Tuas on May 31, 2019 8:39 am

      Why does mine have an error like this?
      Error: /etc/machine-id contains 0 characters (32 were expected)

      Thanks

      Reply
    3. Yogi Shridhare on May 24, 2019 4:53 pm

      I am stuck at version 70. I would like to install version 74. This article didn’t help with that.

      Reply
    4. Nithyanandham on March 9, 2019 6:03 am

      How to downgrade the version in chrome ubuntu 16.04
      Already installed version – 72.0.3626.121 (Official Build) (64-bit)
      Need to downgrade version – 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)
      Kindly suggest.

      Reply
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      Reply
    6. Eve Hunt on January 3, 2019 8:38 am

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      And certainly, thank you in your effort!”

      Reply
    7. Sarah on November 27, 2018 10:11 am

      After following the instructions – which are very clear, thank you! – I continue to get error messages:

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      google-chrome-stable : Depends: libnss3 (>= 2:3.22) but 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.2 is to be installed
      Recommends: libu2r-udev but it is not installable
      W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
      W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
      E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

      I am new to using Linux – how do I fix these broken packages?

      Thanks in advance for your help!

      Reply
    8. Cassie Griffin on November 6, 2018 6:58 pm

      Google Chrome is installed on every and low-quality system and it needs to know about its installation on Ubuntu and other systems and you can check it https://babasupport.org/windows/windows-error-0x8024200b if you face windows error

      Reply
    9. Charles on August 24, 2018 12:55 pm

      Didn’t work for me. From both the command line and the tool bar I still get chrome 55

      Reply
    10. Avira Support on August 9, 2018 12:12 am

      Thanks for sharing this information with us. it helps me to a lot to install and upgrade chrome in ubuntu.

      Reply
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    12. Nazrul Islam on May 25, 2018 5:57 pm

      Really such an awesome article
      Every blogger should read this and share this post.
      Thanks for the shared with us.

      Reply
    13. Nazrul Islam on May 21, 2018 7:48 pm

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      Reply
    14. Avira Support Number on March 22, 2018 11:16 pm

      I am Ubuntu operating system. I am facing some problem for last few days USB ports not working properly My laptop not detected any USB devices.

      Reply
    15. sneha on January 17, 2018 6:57 pm

      Great information thanks for sharing this article

      Reply
    16. Javier on January 11, 2018 9:58 pm

      Thanks

      Reply
    17. partha on December 24, 2017 7:44 pm

      I am receiving the error msg Err http://archove.canonical.com precise elease.gpg
      Something wicked happened resolving ‘archove.canonical.com:http’ (-5 – No address associated with hostname)

      The update terminates with the error msg

      E: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2

      Reply
    18. Jimmy on October 14, 2017 8:03 pm

      By following your instructions, I have successfully updated my Google Chrome to latest version 61 (Oct 2017). Thank you very much.

      Reply
    19. Nazrul Islam on July 28, 2017 10:34 am

      Hi, this blog post is very useful information for the new bloggers,
      Please continue to post such an informative blog.
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    20. Prakash Dodvadiya on May 14, 2017 7:29 am

      Yes, bro! It’s working for me. Thank you so much, Bro!

      Reply
    21. Nimrod Milo on April 15, 2017 6:36 am

      If you have 64bit architecture you need to use: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main in the file

      Suggested in: https://askubuntu.com/questions/743814/unable-to-find-expected-entry-main-binary-i386-packages-chrome

      Reply
      • Rahul K. on April 17, 2017 11:25 am

        Thanks Milo,

        Article has been updated accordingly

        Reply
    22. testos on June 9, 2016 5:26 am

      Failed to move to new namespace: PID namespaces supported, Network namespace supported, but failed: errno = Operation not permitted

      Reply
    23. Buchanan on April 25, 2016 5:09 am

      Ditto exactly Andy’s comments above.

      Reply
    24. Andy on April 11, 2016 1:34 pm

      Unfortunately I’m getting “W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry ‘main/binary-i386/Packages'” on a fresh install of 14.04 Ubuntu on a 32-bit machine.

      Reply
      • Jordan on June 1, 2016 12:49 am

        same

        Reply
    25. Jiiva on April 3, 2016 4:55 am

      I installed remote desktop in Linux14 bt could not access termial fo install firefor

      Reply
      • muthu on May 9, 2017 3:28 pm

        Install openssh-server

        Reply
    26. Manoj Chakraborty on January 1, 2016 3:11 am

      How to run chrome as root user in Ubuntu?

      Reply
    27. BBattease on August 16, 2015 1:17 am

      Thanks so much, this worked perfectly (running Ubuntu 15.04). The unfortunate part is that I ONLY need Chrome for Netlfix!

      Reply
    28. Myke Muchabee on July 21, 2015 5:36 am

      “Google is evil” is a popular opinion, and you trust Google?

      Reply
      • Sizigia on May 14, 2016 5:09 pm

        Do you trust in a popular opinion? Poor you. You should learn to use your brain.

        Reply
    29. Suresh on June 6, 2015 5:54 pm

      After running: “sudo apt-get update” on Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit.the following error is being thrown pls help me in this regard,…………..

      W: GPG error: http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key
      W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)
      W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)

      Reply
      • poldown on January 30, 2017 12:34 pm

        try “deb [arch=amd64] https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main” instead

        Reply
    30. Deweezy on June 1, 2015 8:43 pm

      THaaaannnXx TO Bud :* :* it really Help’s Thanks again

      Reply
    31. Summon Agus on April 27, 2015 10:40 am

      hello there, i cant update my Google Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04…

      Reply
    32. Christian Harms on December 14, 2014 6:55 pm

      Sorry – not every is trusting google …

      Second: chrome has a sandbox system for every tab – so it is memory hungry and NOT a light weight browser.

      And take a look on a defintion for a ” multi user environment” …..

      Reply
    33. ketan on October 8, 2014 2:13 pm

      whoooiiiee.. worked for me..!
      Thanks for the help.

      Reply
    34. Ed on September 20, 2014 7:07 pm

      Or maybe just
      sudo echo “deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main” >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
      for the second command? I’m not sure why we’re needlessly complicating things by calling a shell from a shell.

      Reply
      • Peelus on October 11, 2014 11:25 pm

        I tried- got permission error on writing to file.

        Reply
      • Dimitry on October 21, 2014 6:14 pm

        Because when you do sudo command >> file.txt you’re doing 2 operatuins: a) executing `command` under sudo permissions b) writing output of that command into file.txt. The problem if you do it simply by `sudo command >> file.txt` than sudo will NOT apply to actual operation of writing to `file.txt` and you will get permisson errror.

        Reply
      • Aaaa on January 7, 2015 1:00 pm

        echo “deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

        Reply
    35. budy on August 29, 2014 3:40 am

      thanks…gonna try it now

      Reply
    36. A.K on February 14, 2014 4:50 pm

      Thanks for the help. Worked perfectly for me. I was able to successfully install chrome once again.

      Reply
    37. Chris on February 11, 2014 6:23 am

      Noone should trust google chrome.

      Reply

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