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I was wondering if I could install google chrome without using the sudo command.

I've tried to use the tutorials from google but I couldn't read it because I accidently downloaded the french version of Ubuntu, so I basically don't know what's happening, also, I'm a complete noob at Ubuntu... so if anyone could give me a very very basic tutorial on how to do it, it would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Why would one find this advantages? – Gui Oct 9 '12 at 0:39
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Why not this one? unixmen.com/how-to-change-linux-language – Evandro Silva Oct 9 '12 at 0:42

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There is no French version of ubuntu, it's just language you chose while installing ubuntu, you can change it if you wish.

The sudo command is for giving administrator privileges for an operation, admin privilege is necessary for installing a software, by the way, why don't you want to use sudo?

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I guess without sudo you cannot install google chrome. Because google chrome will try to install it in directory /opt and few other root directory, which needs sudo privilege.

But the alternative way is to install the chrome portable app. But to run a portable app you must have RUNZ framework

Follow the procedures in this link to install google chrome portable.

But I would recommend you to install the Google chrome with sudo permissions using the below commands

Add PPA to

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

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

Install Google chrome

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

Hope this helps

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You can use the latest builds of the chromium project and use it directly without sudo. All you would need to do is to extract the zip they provide and then execute it using terminal. You can look for more information in this method at how-to-install-chromium-zip-file

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Please clarify if you have actually done so recently. – vasa1 Jan 27 at 11:01
@vasa1 No I havent. Any recent change that blocks this? – Karthik T Jan 27 at 14:41
I'm asking mainly because providing an updated Chromium for Ubuntu isn't keeping pace. You may want to check this question. – vasa1 Jan 27 at 15:01
@vasa1 that question is talking about .debs right? Is it the same case for .zip? – Karthik T Jan 27 at 16:49
That's why I asked if you've actually done so. It would be of interest to the community at large. – vasa1 Jan 27 at 17:15
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You could just go to the google chrome website and download it. Unless I am misunderstanding the question.

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If you go to the website and download the .deb package, you'll still need to be able to authenticate as root (with sudo or a graphical sudo frontend) to install it. Are you saying that, somewhere on the Google Chrome website, there is a distribution of Google Chrome that will run without first being installed as root? If so, can you edit your answer to provide more details about where on the site one can find this? – Eliah Kagan Oct 9 '12 at 1:29
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go to google chrome official web site (https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chrome/browser/) and try to download <.deb> file. after download open the file and install with ubuntu software center

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Downvote: You will need to be root to be able to install it from the Software Center. – Javier Rivera Oct 9 '12 at 7:57

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