Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.04 using PPA

Method 1

Updated by Administrator | Apr 26, 2014 | How To Install | 37 Comments

Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google. One of the popular and widely used web browser by most of the internet users, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

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In Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian OS you can directly download and install the debian version.
Alternatively you can add the Google Chrome PPA to repository.

To add PPA in Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04

First download and install the key from Google Linux Repository. Or run the following command in the terminal, type the password for the user when prompted.

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wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

After installing the key, run the below command to add it to the repository.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'

Thats it. Now update your repository and install the browser.

To Update

sudo apt-get update

To Install the Stable version

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

The above command will install the current stable version.

To Install the Beta Version

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta

The above command will install the current beta version. You can also install the unstable version by using the following command.

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable

Check the screen shot below.



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Method 2

If you’ve tried to install Google Chrome in Ubuntu Linux, you may have noticed that it’s not available in the Ubuntu Software Center. However, it’s easy to download a package file for Google Chrome and install it on your system, and we’ll show you how.
NOTE: When we say to type something in this article and there are quotes around the text, DO NOT type the quotes, unless we specify otherwise.
Before downloading the Google Chrome installation package, you need to find out whether your Ubuntu system is 32-bit or 64-bit. Once you determine your system type, press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window, type the following command at the prompt, and press Enter.

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

NOTE: You can also copy the text above and paste it at the prompt in the Terminal window.

The package is downloaded to the current directory, the progress of the download displaying in the Terminal window.
NOTE: The default directory when you open the Terminal window is your home directory (/home/<username>).

When the download is finished, type the following command at the prompt (or copy and paste it) and press Enter.

sudo dpkg –I google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

NOTE: The above command will work as long as you haven’t changed the directory since downloading the file. If you changed the directory after downloading the file, add the full path to the file. For example, “/home/lori/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb”.
Type the password when prompted and press Enter.

When the installation is finished, type “exit” at the prompt to close the Terminal window and press Enter. You can also click the “X” button in the upper-left corner of the Terminal window to close it.

To open Google Chrome, click the Dash button at the top of the Unity Launcher and type “google chrome”. Items that match the phrase start displaying below the search box. When the “Google Chrome” item displays, click on it to start Chrome.

The first time you open Chrome, the following dialog box displays. If you want Google Chrome to be your default browser, leave the “Make Google Chrome the default browser” check box checked. If not, select the check box to remove the check from the box and turn off the option. You can also choose to “Automatically send usage statistics and crash reports to Google”. Click “OK” once you’ve made your choices.

Google Chrome opens to the “Set up Chrome” page. If you use Chrome on other platforms, such as Windows, and have bookmarks, history, etc. that you have synced to your account, you can sign in and download these items to this copy of Chrome. Use the “Choose what to sync” link at the bottom of the page to choose to only sync specific items from your account. If you don’t want to sync with your account, click the “No thanks” link at the bottom of the page.

The “New Tab” page displays and a message pops up telling you that you can use the address bar to both search and enter URLs to navigate to websites.

There is a second tab open when you run Chrome for the first time. This tab displays a “Welcome to Chrome” page that gives you a few tips on using Chrome. To learn more, click the “Learn more” button.

To close a tab, click the “X” button on the right side of the tab.

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