Cannot Install Google Chrome

Question

I Am Having Trouble Installing Google Chrome On My Ubuntu 11.10. After Downloading It From http://www.google.com/chrome I Am Trying To Open It With A Double Click. Software Center Pops Up, I See The Loading Wheel, Then I Get A Message That The Package Cannot Be Opened. Any Help Would Be Appreciated.

Answer 1

Fire up a terminal using control+Alt+T, then write

sudo dpkg -install /Path/to/chrome.deb Ignore the errors, then: sudo apt-get install -f Then again: `sudo dpkg -install /Path/to/chrome.deb

The google chrome is missing dependencies; this fills those dependencies. You should be able to then run the package.

Answer 2

In order to install Google Chrome you have to run this command in the terminal :

sudo apt-get install libxss1 libnspr4-0d libcurl3

Or just manually install those 3 packages :

• libxss1
• libnspr4-0d
• libcurl3

And then you can install Google Chrome (I've got the same problem at my first install).

Hope this helps :D

Answer 3

It might be caused by missing packages in your repository. Try to switch to the main server.

See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Download_Server

Then re-run update-manager and install any updates.

I had a similar problem with Google Chrome.

Answer 4

Fire up a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and write:

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