How to Install Google Chrome Using Terminal on Linux

This is an article on how to install Google Chrome browser in a terminal window on Ubuntu or Debian Linux. All you need to do is use the “wget” tool to get the latest stable version of Chrome and install it using dpkg. After installing Chrome, you can type “google-chrome” into the command line to start the program.

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Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a terminal window.

Update the installation program repository. To make sure the system is up to date, you need to run the following two commands:

Type sudo apt update and press Enter key. ^{[1] X Research Source}
Type sudo apt upgrade and press Enter key.

Install wget if you don’t already have it on your computer. This is the tool that you will use to download the Chrome installer from the command line.

Type wget --version and press Enter key. If you see the version number, go to the next step.
If the computer displays an error message because wget is not installed, you will type sudo apt install wget and press Enter to install.

Use wget to download the Chrome installer. Since Chrome no longer has a 32-bit version, you need to get the 64-bit version. To get the latest stable version, you would enter the following command:

Type wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb and press Enter .
Once the installation program download is complete, you will return to the command line window.

Install the downloaded Chrome installer. To install Chrome from a downloaded program, you need to use the following command:

Type sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb and press Enter .

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Fix an error that occurred during Chrome installation. If you find an error during the installation, type sudo apt-get install -f and press Enter to fix the error.

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Type google-chrome and press ↵ Enter to start Chrome.

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