Google Chrome is the world’s most popular web browser. It is fast, secure and full of features to give you the best browsing experience. Google Chrome is not open-source and if you try to install Google Chrome from Ubuntu Software Center, you won’t find it there. It will probably suggest installing Chromium (the open-source project Chrome is derived from). Chromium is similar to Chrome, but it’s still not the real Google Chrome. Then, how do you install Google Chrome on Ubuntu? The simple answer is that you download it from their website. Here in this post, we go through the steps to download and install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 25.04.
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Installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu Graphically
If you are absolutely new to Ubuntu and Linux, this could be overwhelming for you, and I completely understand that. Before go ahead you should keep in mind that Google Chrome is not available for 32-bit Ubuntu operating systems. You should make sure that you are using a 64-bit operating system. Also, make sure you have an active internet connection.
- Now visit Google Chrome’s official website.
- You’ll see a download link there. Click on this download button.
- It gives two options for downloading files: Select and download the .deb file, which is suitable for Ubuntu.
- In the next screen, you should opt for saving the file to the computer instead of opening it in the software center for installation.
- If you don’t do that and there are some issues with the software centre, you’ll have to download the .deb file again. It’s better to download and save the file itself.
- Your downloaded .deb file should be in the Downloads folder.
- Go to this folder and double-click on the deb file.
- It will then open Ubuntu’s software center and you should see an option for installing Google Chrome now.
- Hit the install button. It will ask for your password before starting the installation. You should enter your account’s password.
- It should take less than a minute to complete the Google Chrome installation.
- Also, you should see a remove option now, which indicates that the software is installed.
- Once you have installed Chrome on Ubuntu, you can search for it in the menu.
- Simply press the Windows key and start typing Chrome. Click on this Chrome icon to start using Google Chrome.
Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu using the terminal
If you like using the command line, you can install Google Chrome using the terminal. To install Google Chrome from the terminal,”
First, open up a terminal window on the Ubuntu desktop by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard.
Then run the following commands to update your system to ensure all packages are up-to-date.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
Next, you need to download the Chrome .deb package from the official website. Use the following wget Command to download the package directly:
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Now you can use dpkg to install Chrome from the downloaded DEB file. In the terminal, navigate to the directory where the package is downloaded (usually the Downloads folder) and run:
cd Downloads
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
That’s it. Now you can find Google Chrome in the menu and start it from there.
Well, if you encounter dependency issues while installing Chrome on Ubuntu, run sudo apt — fix-broken install command. This command will install any missing dependencies and complete the installation of Google Chrome.
If you want to set Google Chrome as your default web browser, follow these steps:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner.
- Go to
Settings. - Scroll down to the
Default browsersection. - Click
Make default.
To update Google Chrome latest version, open the terminal and run following commands.
sudo apt update
sudo apt — only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable
Well, if you ever need to uninstall Google Chrome, you can do so by running:
sudo apt remove google-chrome-stable
sudo apt autoremove
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