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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.

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  • You're talking about chromium or chrome?
    – acolyte
    Apr 5, 2013 at 16:35
  • try chromium from the app store
    – user154986
    May 2, 2013 at 22:37

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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.
    – Wane5tars
    Oct 18, 2011 at 15:45
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    Wait, why would you need to run the sudo dpkg -i command again? I never do that and it works fine
    – MiJyn
    Jan 3, 2013 at 23:45
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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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  • Not Really, It Didn't Work.
    – Shahe Tajiryan
    Oct 18, 2011 at 19:34
  • 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
    – aliasbody
    Oct 19, 2011 at 6:42
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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.

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I got the libxss1 deb from here and installed manually: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/amd64/libxss1/download

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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.

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