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I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04.

I tried to install Google Chrome by downloading a .deb file from the internet.

I opened it using Software Center, but I get a message:

This is 3rd party software and it may have non-free components

More importantly, it's not installing.

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To install Chrome, you must be running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. Open a terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T), and run the following:

sudo apt update
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f -y
rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt update
google-chrome
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  • There is no need in the last three commands.
    – Pilot6
    Jul 11, 2016 at 7:58
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    They're not strictly required, but the last three get rid of the now-unnecessary installer, update Apt with the Chrome repository information (which it didn't have before), and start Chrome to make sure it was installed properly.
    – Olathe
    Jul 11, 2016 at 7:59
  • @Olathe isn't the command to start Google Chrome google-chrome-stable? I believe it is, but I don't use Chrome anymore.
    – grooveplex
    Jul 11, 2016 at 8:14
  • I checked, and it looks like both google-chrome and google-chrome-stable work.
    – Olathe
    Jul 11, 2016 at 8:18

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