How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04 - DesignLinux

Nov 26 2022
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Google Chrome is popular, fastest and powerful web browser in the world. It’s secure browser and easy to use for the latest web. It is not an open source browser and isn’t available in default Ubuntu repositories. This article you will learn how to install Google Chrome web browser on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish.

How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04

It’s a very simple process to install Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu system. Follow the below given steps to install Google Chrome on your Ubuntu 22.04 system:

Step 1 – Update your system

At first, you need to update your system using below given command:

sudo apt update

Step 2 – Download Google Chrome

Open your terminal and run below wget command to download the latest Google Chrome .deb package:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Step 2 – Installing Google Chrome

Make sure you are logged in as root or user with sudo privileges to install Chrome .deb package on your system. Run the below command:

sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

It will ask your user password, enter it and installation will start.

Within few movement it will be installed on your system.

Step 3 – Starting Google Chrome

Use your GUI menu to start the Google Chrome browser. In the Activities search bar type “Google Chrome” and click on the icon to launch the application:

You can also launch Google Chrome using command-line by typing google-chrome.

At first launch, it will open a window as following if you want to make Google Chrome as your default browser.

Make selection as per your choice and hit on OK button.

That’s it! Google Chrome will open, and you’ll see the default Chrome welcome page.

debian-google-chrome-welcome-page

Here, you can Sign In in to chrome with your Google account and can change browser settings.

Upgrade Google Chrome

At the time of installation, Google Chrome official repository will be added to your Ubuntu machine. You can verify the file contents using cat command:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

It will confirm that your Google Chrome installation do update automatically when a new version released.

Conclusion

You have successfully learned how to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. You also can import bookmarks, passwords and settings into Chrome from your another browsers.

Feel free to leave comment if you are getting any issue at the time of installation.

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