We know that Mozilla Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu. Firefox is a non-profit organisation that gives superior feathers in Mozilla Firefox browser. But, for web developers, Google Chrome gives better features that can be used for designing web pages.
For downloading .deb package for installing Google chrome, we will use wget command to download the package. Then we will use dpkg command to install the downloaded package.
But, before we download .deb package we will use the apt-get command to install the required libxss1 dependency. After installing this dependency we will install the .deb package
So, lets begin to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu:
Please make sure that your Ubuntu is connected to the internet. If it is not connected to then you can't install required dependencies that are required by Google Chrome
#1 Press CTRL + ALT + T and open a new terminal
#2 Now type in "sudo bash" and press enter now enter your password to turn this terminal into administrative terminal
#3 First we need to install dependency libxss1 that is required to run Google Chrome. So type in
"sudo apt-get install libxss1" and press enter
#4 Now if you have 32-bit ubuntu installed on your computer then type in
"wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb"
and if you have 64-bit Ubuntu then type in
"wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb"
#5 press enter. Now this terminal will download .deb package to install Google chrome. Now wait for wget command to download .deb package
#6 After the downloading is finished, run this simple command:
"sudo dpkg -i *.deb"
And it will install Google Chrome without any trouble.
#7 After installing Google Chrome, press start and search for "Google Chrome", Now you will see a Google Chrome icon, Click on that icon and you will have Google Chrome running on your Ubuntu Desktop. Comment below and let me know if you have any trouble in installing Chrome.
We know that Mozilla Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu. Firefox is a non-profit organisation that gives superior feathers in Mozilla Firefox browser. But, for web developers, Google Chrome gives better features that can be used for designing web pages.
For downloading .deb package for installing Google chrome, we will use wget command to download the package. Then we will use dpkg command to install the downloaded package.
But, before we download .deb package we will use the apt-get command to install the required libxss1 dependency. After installing this dependency we will install the .deb package
So, lets begin to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu:
Please make sure that your Ubuntu is connected to the internet. If it is not connected to then you can't install required dependencies that are required by Google Chrome
#1 Press CTRL + ALT + T and open a new terminal
#2 Now type in "sudo bash" and press enter now enter your password to turn this terminal into administrative terminal
#3 First we need to install dependency libxss1 that is required to run Google Chrome. So type in
"sudo apt-get install libxss1" and press enter
#4 Now if you have 32-bit ubuntu installed on your computer then type in
"wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb"
and if you have 64-bit Ubuntu then type in
"wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb"
#5 press enter. Now this terminal will download .deb package to install Google chrome. Now wait for wget command to download .deb package
#6 After the downloading is finished, run this simple command:
"sudo dpkg -i *.deb"
And it will install Google Chrome without any trouble.
#7 After installing Google Chrome, press start and search for "Google Chrome", Now you will see a Google Chrome icon, Click on that icon and you will have Google Chrome running on your Ubuntu Desktop. Comment below and let me know if you have any trouble in installing Chrome.
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