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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: 
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 141861 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (from chrome.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
 google-chrome-stable depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not installed.
 google-chrome-stable depends on libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.3); however:
  Package libnss3-1d is not installed.
 google-chrome-stable depends on libxss1; however:
  Package libxss1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing google-chrome-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-chrome-stable

$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.5.0-17
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  google-chrome-stable
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 140 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 141960 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing google-chrome-stable ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...

$ sudo dpkg --install chrome.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 141861 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (from chrome.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
 google-chrome-stable depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0); however:
  Package libgconf2-4 is not installed.
 google-chrome-stable depends on libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.3); however:
  Package libnss3-1d is not installed.
 google-chrome-stable depends on libxss1; however:
  Package libxss1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing google-chrome-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-chrome-stable

It does not work in GUI too. Look at what I have got:

on GUI

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  • same problem and none of the below answers seem to work.
    – Yan King Yin
    Mar 18, 2018 at 6:42

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You can fix this by installing missing dependencies.
Just run the following command
(after you have run sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb).

sudo apt-get install -f

This will install missing dependencies and configure Google Chrome for you.

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    Read the question. That is exactly what OP is doing and that is what the question is about...
    – gertvdijk
    Oct 16, 2013 at 5:55
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    This saved my buns. yay
    – Nicholas DiPiazza
    May 26, 2015 at 21:14
  • works great, just add that you need to run the installation two times
    – Ahmed Hamdy
    Aug 31, 2017 at 23:55
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You probably need to enable the "universe" repository.

Once you enable it, update your system and you should now be able to install google-chrome-stable.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgconf2-4 libnss3-1d libxss1
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Why not just install Chromium from the Ubuntu repos?

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

That simple!

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    at the moment this is an older version, packaged with a lot of security bugs already fixed in the Google-branded version.
    – gertvdijk
    Nov 23, 2012 at 15:59
  • I won't want to install chromium browser, since it is not as stable and mostly for developers.
    – owl
    Nov 24, 2012 at 2:30
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    I've found it to be quite stable. It's essentially just like Chrome.
    – smooth-texan
    Nov 24, 2012 at 4:55
  • I would not have known that. How would one know when to use apt-get and when not to do so?
    – Bruce Whealton
    Jul 8, 2016 at 16:48
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    One example where you want chrome and not chromium: If you already have some paid subscription which works under Windows+TV+Smartphone, you probably want to access this under Linux as well, right? In that case it is likely that chrome comes with everything you need right out of the box. It also provides easy updates. Unlike chromium which is unsupported by the subscription most of the time and often difficult to keep updated (read: to keep safe) due to all those tweaks applied (think of Flash, DRM, etc.).
    – Tino
    Nov 13, 2016 at 12:46
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Running apt --fix-broken install did the trick for me.

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sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install libgconf2-4 libnss3-1d libxss1

Post any error output here. If no errors, sudo dpkg -i chrome.deb again afterwards and you should be good.

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I recently saw this error and I was able to resolve it using the following:

apt-get install libcurl3
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I had the same problem and I used this to fix it.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt --fix-broken install

And then, try to install Google Chrome again.

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