I am having trouble installing Google Chrome on my Ubuntu 11.10 system. 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.
6 Answers
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 package is missing dependencies; this installs those dependencies. You should be able to install the package.
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Also, all of these answers do essentially the same thing, just in different ways. Oct 18, 2011 at 15:45
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2Wait, why would you need to run the
sudo dpkg -i
command again? I never do that and it works fine– MiJynJan 3, 2013 at 23:45
Open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T and run:
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
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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
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Strange... When I try to install Google Chrome after a fresh install of Ubuntu the same error always appears using Ubuntu Software Center to install it or "dpkg", those packages are not present and I need to install them manually so usually what I do is this : 1 - "sudo apt-get install libxss1 libnspr4-0d libcurl3" and then 2 - "sudo dpkg -i google_chrome.deb" and it works Oct 19, 2011 at 6:42
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.
I got the libxss1 deb from here and installed manually: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/amd64/libxss1/download
I would suggest installing Chrome using the PPA. This can be done two ways.
Simple Way
You can run this bash script, which just wraps the hard way up in a nutshell.
wget http://mtweb.site90.com/files/chrome.sh
bash chrome.sh
For more info, see Millhousen Tech's Tech-To.
Long Way
The bash script contains the following commands that you can run. (Exact same as simple way, just longer.)
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-chrome.list'
sudo apt-get update
You can then choose what version of Chrome you want to install. Stable, Beta, or Unstable. (Run one of the following commands.)
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
For more info, see How Open Source's website.