Today we are going to learn that how to install Google Chrome browser on our Ubuntu 20.04 system. Google Chrome is the most popular trending web browser which provides various features of browsing as well as you can bookmark interesting pages, download them, save search history, sync with your google account and much more. So, if you are a Linux user you can follow this guide to get install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04. Just follow the below steps for an easy installation.
Step 1: Update Your System To Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04
As usual we do, first of all update our system to the latest packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Step 2: Add Google Chrome Repository To Ubuntu 20.04
To add the Google Chrome repository on Ubuntu 20.04 run the following command to get the Google signing key.
wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
Then run the given command to set up the Google Chrome repo on Ubuntu 20.04.
echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
Step 3: Install Google Chrome
Now, again run the update command.
sudo apt update
Then run the following command for installing the stable version of Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04.
sudo apt install -y google-chrome-stable
Output:
You’ll see the similar output.
xserver-xorg-video-qxl-hwe-18.04
xserver-xorg-video-radeon-hwe-18.04
xserver-xorg-video-vesa-hwe-18.04
xserver-xorg-video-vmware-hwe-18.04
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
google-chrome-stable
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 235 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 google-chrome-stable amd64 81.0.4044.129-1 [67.1 MB]
Fetched 67.1 MB in 56s (1,189 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database … 218354 files and directories currently installed.
)
Preparing to unpack …/google-chrome-stable_81.0.4044.129-1_amd64.deb
…
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (81.0.4044.129-1) …
Setting up google-chrome-stable (81.0.4044.129-1) …
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /us
r/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /us
r/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /us
r/bin/google-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu2) …
And if you want to run the beta version of Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04, hit the below command in your terminal.
sudo apt install -y google-chrome-beta
Step 4: Start Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04
You can now open the google chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 either through terminal or by navigating to Activities and search for Google Chrome. Navigate to Activities and then search google chrome.
In your terminal just fire the below command to open the google chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 through terminal.
google-chrome
You’ll see similar screen on first time start either from terminal or from Activities, check the boxes if you want to make it default browser and send usage data respectively.
Step 5: Enjoy Browsing Using Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04
Here’s the welcome screen of Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04
Now, you can search your favorite queries or surf the web using Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04.
So, this is how to install Google Chrome on your Ubuntu 20.04.
