How To Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 18.04 & Ubuntu 16.04

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google, uses the WebKit layout engine. It has inbuilt translate facility for translation of over 52 languages.

We can extend the functionality of Google Chrome by installing extension and web application; we can also install themes for changing the way it looks. Here is the tutorial about installing latestGoogle Chrome (v66) on Ubuntu 18.04 & Ubuntu 16.04.

The steps mentioned in this tutorial should work on previous versions of Ubuntu such as Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and the latest versions such as Ubuntu 17.04, and 16.10.

Google has discontinued the availability of 32-bit browser for Ubuntu.

Add Google Chrome Repository

Download the Google signing key and install it.

wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Set up the Google Chrome repository.

echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

Install Google Chrome

Update repository index.

sudo apt-get update

To Install Google Chrome Stable, use the below command.

sudo apt-get -y install google-chrome-stable

Want to try Google Chrome beta, run:

sudo apt-get -y install google-chrome-beta

Access Google Chrome

Graphical Mode

In Ubuntu 18.04: Activities >> Search for Google Chrome.

In Ubuntu 16.04: Dash Home >> Search for Google Chrome.

Terminal Mode

$ google-chrome

OR

$ google-chrome-stable

To start, Google Chrome beta.

$ google-chrome-beta

Screenshot of Google Chrome running on Ubuntu 18.04:

Screenshot of Google Chrome running on Ubuntu 16.04:

Conclusion

I hope you have learned how to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 18.04 & Ubuntu 16.04. You can not run Google Chrome from root user due to security reasons. However, you can run Google Chrome as the root user modifying a configuration file.