Installing Google Chrome in LMDE
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14 years ago 21 |
There are couple different ways to achieve this task. The following are terminal and GUI based methods
Install via terminal
In a terminal run the following commands
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following entry to the list.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
Save and exit gedit
Now run the following command
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
for the unstable development version adjust the the above to
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
Alternatively you can open synpatic, reload the repositories then search for and install google-chrome
Install via GUI
Download the 32 bit deb for Google Chrome from here
By default LMDE does not come with Gdebi so you will need to install it. Do this in synaptic or by running this command in a terminal
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gdebi
Now that Gdebi is installed you can right click on the installer deb that you downloaded and choose open with Gdebi Package Installer
Allow Gdebi to install the package in the usual way. You will see a warning message at the end of the install. This can be safely ignored.
A couple of extra hints
If when updating your system in the future you get an error message about the chrome repos not being able to be verified. Run the following command in a terminal(This may only apply to the GUI method)
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
Icon disappears from my favourites menu
To ensure that this doesn't occur, right click on the Mint Menu and choose Edit menu.
In the menu editor that appears check the Debian menu item so that it will appear in the all applications menu.
Use the Google Chrome icon that appears in the Debian sub-menu to add it to you favourites menu.
Enjoy 
Comments
i have installed google-chrome by downloading the .deb file from google, it ad´s the repository to in your software source..., just with gdebi, it could be that you cant find in pprefered apps, find it by typing Google-chrome ..
My Chrome (or Chromium) browser say it does not like 3D graphics.
Quickly I find a way to improveit here http://www.borfast.com:
Just change starting command to
#google-chrome --enable-webgl --ignore-gpu-blacklist
You can replace google-chrome with chrome-browser or whatever command you version run at.
I am completely new to Linux (but not to computers). I am on the very latest version of Mint. So far it's been quite a struggle.
WIth this tutorial everything went reasonably well (once I realised I had to stop the auto-update installer to allow Gdebi to work).
So Chrome is now installed (I think).
However I am (as usual) now totally baffled. Where is Chrome? I have no menu editor that I can find. Everyone else seems to think it's obvious. What am I missing? I've tried some of the Help, but much of the time the manuals appear to be missing.
Just a little heads up for you tutorial. I just installed LMDE and updated tracking stable, gdebi installer in now included by defualt.
Until now, I did not know how to make Google Chrome Icon appear on menu.
Thank you!
@MasterLion I agree...
@MestreLion. This article doesn't attempt to espouse the virtues of Chrome over Chrome. The difference between Chrome and Chromium are well documented. This article is presented as is with no attempt to promote one over the other.
Is Google Chrome for Linux any better than Chromium? I thought they were the same (as Chromium was the Linux version of Chrome). Are they both mantained by Google?
Thank you for this tutorial. It is exactly what I was looking for.
Dude absolutely awsome!!!!!! this is great thanks!!!!
Yes, chromium is a nice option but this howto is for a specific purpose - installing Chrome. As for the method you mention it would be unwise to use the ubuntu ppa's to install the chromium browser. Those packages are created for Ubuntu and are not necessarily compatible with Debian. Aside from this it's not good practice to mix Ubuntu and Debian repos.
Chromium is available in the Sid repos. I'd recommend installing it from there instead http://packages.debian.org/sid/chromium-browser
Thank you for your tutorial. I prefer the free version and the base for googles browser: ›Chromium Open Source Browser‹
Here the repos.
## --- Chromium Open Source Browser
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu lucid main
I like to put non-system repos. in the directory:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
in a new file »chromium.sources.list«
THis is the key for the PPA:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5
You can install in chromium the same extensions like in google-chrome.
I use it with LMDE & it is so fast :)
^Thanks for that. Typos fixed :)
Nice tutorial, just a few typos on gdebi spoil it.