How To Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04?

How To Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04?

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What are the correct steps to install Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04? How To Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04?

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July 31, 2016 at 10:45 AM

HI,

Follow the steps given below to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Update system:

First of all you should update your system with following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Get the latest version of Chrome:

Now get the latest stable version of google chrome installer package, you can use wget to download it. Here is the command:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Install required libraries:

Now you should install following required libraries:

apt-get install libxss1 libgconf2-4 libappindicator1 libindicator7

Install Chrome:

Finally you can install chrome with following command:

dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Run chrome in terminal or from Dashboard

google-chrome

Let me know if you face any problem.

Thanks


July 31, 2016 at 10:46 AM

Hi,

Here is the full log of installation of Google Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04:

root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak# wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stablecurrentamd64.deb --2016-07-31 20:58:37-- https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stablecurrentamd64.deb Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 74.125.130.190, 74.125.130.91, 74.125.130.136, ... Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|74.125.130.190|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 48953390 (47M) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ?google-chrome-stablecurrentamd64.deb?

google-chrome-stabl 100%[===================>] 46.69M 236KB/s in 3m 45s

2016-07-31 21:02:23 (212 KB/s) - ?google-chrome-stablecurrentamd64.deb? saved [48953390/48953390]

root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak# ls

google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb 

root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak# apt-get install libxss1 libgconf2-4 libappindicator1 libindicator7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libxss1 is already the newest version (1:1.2.2-1).
libxss1 set to manually installed.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libappindicator1 libgconf2-4 libindicator7
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 42.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 557 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libindicator7 amd64 12.10.2+16.04.20151208-0ubuntu1 [21.9 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libappindicator1 amd64 12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1 [18.8 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libgconf2-4 amd64 3.2.6-3ubuntu6 [2,050 B]
Fetched 42.8 kB in 2s (14.5 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package libindicator7.
(Reading database ... 174871 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libindicator7_12.10.2+16.04.20151208-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libindicator7 (12.10.2+16.04.20151208-0ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libappindicator1.
Preparing to unpack .../libappindicator1_12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libappindicator1 (12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libgconf2-4:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libgconf2-4_3.2.6-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libgconf2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libindicator7 (12.10.2+16.04.20151208-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgconf2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 174889 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (52.0.2743.82-1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (52.0.2743.82-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/google-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak# google-chrome

pci id for fd 16: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
[4372:4372:0731/210505:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(901)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
[4421:4421:0731/210514:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(343)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process. 
[4372:4401:0731/210514:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(131)] Failed to create channel.
root@deepak-VirtualBox:/home/deepak#

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August 1, 2016 at 6:03 AM

Check following video:

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