Questions tagged [google-chrome]
Google Chrome is a non-free proprietary web browser based on Chromium with extra features added such as a built-in Adobe Flash reader and PDF viewer along with support for DRM. Use this tag for questions about installing and using the Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu systems.
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How to install Google Chrome
How do you install Google Chrome on Ubuntu?
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What's the difference between Google Chrome and/or Chromium? What are the advantages/disadvantages to each?
I used Google Chrome in Windows, and am now using Chromium in Ubuntu. Is there any difference to the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each program? Which one seems better?
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Annoying flickering in 16.04 LTS - Chrome
I've upgraded from 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 and then 4.5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit, and it's still happening.
At 4.5.2 it's even more frequent, and mainly in Chrome (haven't tried firefox or opera just yet)...
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How to install Chrome browser properly via command line?
I am trying to install chrome browser via command line. I tried this:
$ apt-cache search chrome browser
The results show that the proper term is "chrome-browser," so I tried that:
$ sudo apt-get ...
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Chrome asks for password to unlock keyring on startup
In Google Chrome, when I go to a login page, a window pops up asking to "Enter password for keyring 'default' to unlock". In most cases, whether I click Cancel or enter my password, the login form ...
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External links are opened as blank tabs in new browser window in Chrome
Since I installed Ubuntu (fresh install on a new machine), and set Google Chrome as default browser, whenever I open links from external apps these are open as blank tabs in new browser window (no ...
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Problems with Chrome browser after suspending the computer on Ubuntu 20.04
Kubuntu 20.04, 64 bit
GPU: Geforce GT610
nvidia-driver-390
Chrome Version 85.0.4183.83
Intel i5-4430, core 4, 4 thread , 3GHz
RAM: 16GB
Each time I go into suspend mode and then resume, Chrome ...
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How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu?
chrome://gpu/
And http://webglreport.com/
google-chrome --version
Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl
How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu ?
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Apt update error - "An error occurred during the signature verification" (Chrome) [duplicate]
When updating I got the following message:
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://dl.google....
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No more updates for Google Chrome 32-bit
I am using Google Chrome 48.0 32-bit. Today when I launched Google Chrome, I got this message:
This computer will soon stop receiving Google Chrome updates because
this Linux system will no longer ...
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The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1397BC53640DB551
This is Issue 952287: [User Feedback - Stable] Reports of Chrome for Linux failing to install/update due to expired GPG signing key
Today, running apt in all my machines gives this error with the ...
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How to update Chrome in Ubuntu 20.04
What is the right way to update chrome on Ubuntu 20.04. My installation was with .deb file
I started getting update chrome warning messages on my chrome now. I do not want to uninstall and then ...
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How to uninstall Google Chrome?
I decided to try out Google Chrome and see if it was any different from Chromium, but now I can't figure out how to uninstall it.
That's what I have installed. How to get rid of it is the question.
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What command should I type to run Chrome from the terminal?
I have remote box accessed by VNC and jwm desktop.
No menus, not desktop icons, only a terminal window.
I have downloaded Chrome's .deb package and installed it.
How can I run it from the terminal ...
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How to identify which Chrome/Chromium tab is using up CPU?
I sometimes have a bunch of tabs opened in Google Chrome, which I believe creates a new process per tab. I would like to be able to identify the tab that is using up the CPU.
Is there an easy way to ...
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Chrome freeze very frequently with ubuntu 16.04
I am using chrome Version 50.0.2661.94 (64-bit) and ubuntu 16.04.
Most of the time chrome get stuck and hangs whole system.
Does anyone face the same issue?
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How do I put a web application on the Launcher?
Sometimes I see pictures of screenshots with people with web applications and nice icons on their launcher, how can I set this up?
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How to update Google Chrome 70 after change in 'Origin' value?
I have Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit).
Today, after running sudo apt update and sudo apt full-upgrade, I saw:
E: Repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb ...
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google-chrome-stable keeps asking if it should be set to default
Since the Ubuntu 15.10 upgrade, google-chrome-stable keeps asking if it should be set as default browser, even though it already is. I tried to reinstall it, but that didn't help. Any ideas?
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No sound from Chrome, sound works fine in Firefox etc (13.10)
I'm running 13.10 (all up-to-date) on a Lenovo laptop with a Griffin iMic USB audio device. Though I occasionally have to use the Pulse Audio volume control tool to re-select the iMic, it works ...
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18.04: color emoji not showing up at all in Chrome, only partially in Firefox
I've upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and was hoping to have better emoji support. The results are that Chrome (66) is still using the old black and white emoji font, and Firefox (59) is managing to show ...
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How to tell Chrome what to do with a magnet link?
Right now Chrome throws its apron over its head and calls Firefox, which opens the link with rtorrent. What do I need to do to eliminate the Firefox step?
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YouTube movies are playing too fast with chrome
I've got movies playing in fast forward in YouTube HTML 5 mode if I play it in Google Chrome. If I open it with Firefox, it plays well. Any ideas?
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Chrome/Chromium middle mouse button for scroll Linux, Mac
Clicking the middle button doesn't allow me scroll the page. Is there any way to fix this behavior?
Information:
Ubuntu 10.10
Chromium 9.0.597.94
Logitech MX518
Update: also Chrome, and the other ...
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How to set Google Chrome as the default browser?
How can I set Google Chrome as the default browser? If I set it in the browser settings, nothing happens. The browser says it's default, but in preferred applications in Gnome, there's only Firefox to ...
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How do I completely uninstall Google Chrome and Chromium?
I'm having a problem with Chrome and one of its extensions, so I want to completely uninstall everything. I've uninstalled Chrome through the Software Center, but when I reinstall it, all of my ...
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Google Chrome proxy settings?
When I try to set Google Chrome's proxy settings (on chrome://linux-proxy-config/), I get the following message:
When running Google Chrome under a supported desktop environment, the
system proxy ...
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How do I get Java plugin working on Google Chrome?
Google has updated its Chrome browser to version 35. This new version uses Aura in place of GTK2 and no longer supports NPAPI plugins like Java (both OpenJDK and Oracle). PPAPI plugins like ...
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What version of Google Chrome do I have?
How can I find out what version of chrome I am using?
I would like a command line method, not the GUI - visiting chrome://chrome in the url bar. I need to be able to use it in a bash script.
I ran ...
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Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages - Chrome [duplicate]
I recently noticed while installing some packages and using the command apt-get update that I ran into the following error:
Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release ...
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How to launch a new instance of Google Chrome from the command line?
Is there any way I can launch a new instance of Google Chrome from the command line? I'm not referring to opening a new window - I want a new instance. Here's why:
Suppose I open Chrome and navigate ...
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Installing Chrome Java Plugin
I've been trying to install the Java plugin for Chrome for a couple hours now, and I figured it was time to ask people with more experience. I can't seem to get it working. My current Java version is ...
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Remove "title bar" at top of chrome
I feel one of the biggest improvements with Chrome on Windows is moving the tabs all the way to the top to the screen (so the mouse can just go all the way up, then click). I went with the kubuntu ...
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Transfer bookmarks from Chrome to Firefox
I have currently got Google Chrome and Firefox installed, but I want to switch to Firefox so I want to some how transfer my mass collections of bookmarks from Chrome to Firefox, so is there any way of ...
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Google Chrome PPA upgrade invalid signature
When running:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I got this output:
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security InRelease
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com utopic InRelease ...
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Cannot Install Google Chrome. How do I fix it?
I can't install Google Chrome browser. I wonder why and how to fix it. Here is the log I got from my terminal when installing Google Chrome.
$ sudo dpkg --install chrome.deb
[sudo] password for young:...
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Chrome causing weird flickering since upgrade to 85.0.4183.83
Since updating to Google Chrome 85.0.4183.83 (Official build) on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 machine, Chrome is exhibiting some weird flickering. Especially in the top left corner, chunks of pixels are showing ...
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Is there a work around to get protected Hulu or Amazon Prime instant videos working?
When I went to watch some only episodes of star trek on Amazon Prime, the player would get stuck on updating. I followed the instructions here and doing so actually worked for 3 seconds. It was the ...
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Can't uninstall "GNOME Shell integration" extension after uninstalling GNOME
I installed GNOME into my Ubuntu 16.04 installation for a short amount of time. After uninstalling it (with sudo apt remove gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop), I still have the "GNOME Shell integration"...
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Google Chrome freeze uploading a file
My Google Chrome app freezes when I select a file from an HTML input tag of type "file".
This is a very simple code to reproduce the error:
https://jsfiddle.net/aL4e6n29/
After I select any ...
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Scroll with Middle Click [duplicate]
Can I use the middle click mouse button so I can scroll down faster, like in Windows?
When I am in Windows and I press the middle click somewhere I can scroll in, a 4-way pointer shows on the screen, ...
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Dependency errors after installing and attempting to remove Google Chrome
So ubuntu worked perfectly for me for a while. I tried to download Google Chrome and accidentally downloaded the 32 bit version. Went back and tried to download the 64-bit (stupidly without deleting ...
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Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6
When I try to download extensions on https://extensions.gnome.org/, this message appears:
Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6. Probably you should upgrade native host ...
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What process of Google Chrome to kill to close window from terminal?
Google Chrome usually has 8 to 9 processes running, even though only one window is open. Which one of these processes do I kill to safely close the Google Chrome window?
Here is my ps -Af | grep ...
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Making youtube fullscreen will freeze Unity (the whole desktop)
I never had this problem until today. When I watch a youtube video everything is fine, until I make the video fullscreen. It actually continues to play perfectly when fullscreen, but when I then exit ...
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ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED on Chrome with Ubuntu 17.04
When I use Google Chrome (currently 61, but the error exists before), I constantly get ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED. Often, the webpage reloads and works a second later, but often things simply don't work. For ...
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Google Chrome wont start after changing hostname
I tried to start google chrome in terminal several times, and I keep receiving the following message:
... :ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(309)] The profile appears to be in use by another Google ...
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How do I enable Emacs keybindings in apps, such as Google Chrome?
Can anyone tell me how to enable Emacs keybind on Chrome?
I found some links but they are either not clearly mentioning how to do so or not what I want (I don't want external tools to be run for this ...
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chrome crashing too often in Ubuntu 14.04
Ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04, Chrome (google-chrome-stable) crashes a lot more often than before.
I do keep several tabs open (>20), but they are all light (no multimedia) and have never ...
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Enable dark mode on chrome's internal pages
I have dark mode working on chrome's internal pages in Windows 10. Is it not implemented in the Ubuntu version?
I'm using chrome version 75.0. My theme is Adwaita-dark.