How to Install Google Chrome on Fedora 37 / Fedora 36

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Google Chrome is a free web browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. It is a fast and solid browser with a good security record. It has some unique features and is generally pretty light on system resources.

Here, we will see how to install Google Chrome on Fedora 37 / Fedora 36.

Enable Google Chrome Repository

Fedora now comes with the Google Chrome repository configuration file. But, the repository is disabled by default. So, you will need to enable the Google Chrome repository to install it on your system.

sudosed -i 's/enabled=0/enabled=1/' /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo

Install Google Chrome on Fedora 37

Install Google Chrome using the dnf command.

sudo dnf install -y google-chrome-stable

Output:

Dependencies resolved.
==========================================================================================================================
 Package                            Architecture         Version                        Repository                   Size
==========================================================================================================================
Installing:
 google-chrome-stable               x86_64               111.0.5563.64-1                google-chrome                95 M
Installing dependencies:
 liberation-fonts                   noarch               1:2.1.5-3.fc37                 fedora                      7.8 k

Transaction Summary
==========================================================================================================================
Install  2 Packages

Total download size: 95 M
Installed size: 303 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): liberation-fonts-2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch.rpm                                           4.3 kB/s | 7.8 kB     00:01
(2/2): google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64.rpm                                     24 MB/s |  95 MB     00:03
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                      19 MB/s |  95 MB     00:05
google-chrome                                                                              66 kB/s |  14 kB     00:00
Importing GPG key 0x7FAC5991:
 Userid     : "Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key <[email protected]>"
 Fingerprint: 4CCA 1EAF 950C EE4A B839 76DC A040 830F 7FAC 5991
 From       : https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
Key imported successfully
Importing GPG key 0xD38B4796:
 Userid     : "Google Inc. (Linux Packages Signing Authority) <[email protected]>"
 Fingerprint: EB4C 1BFD 4F04 2F6D DDCC EC91 7721 F63B D38B 4796
 From       : https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                  1/1
  Installing       : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch                                                           1/2
  Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64                                                      2/2
  Installing       : google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64                                                      2/2
  Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64                                                      2/2
  Verifying        : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch                                                           1/2
  Verifying        : google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64                                                      2/2

Installed:
  google-chrome-stable-111.0.5563.64-1.x86_64                    liberation-fonts-1:2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch

Complete!
[[email protected] ~]$

If you want to install the beta version of Google Chrome, use the below command.

dnf install -y google-chrome-beta

Launch Google Chrome

After installing Google Chrome, you can start it by typing the command in the terminal or going to Activities.

Graphical Mode

Launch Google Chrome browser on Fedora 36
Launch Google Chrome browser on Fedora 36

Command Line

Google Chrome Stable:

google-chrome

OR

google-chrome-stable

Google Chrome beta:

google-chrome-beta

You can also set Google Chrome as the default web browser.

Screenshot of Google Chrome browser running on Fedora.

Google Chrome browser running on Fedora 37
Google Chrome browser running on Fedora 37

Conclusion

That’s All. I hope you have learned how to install Google Chrome on your Fedora 37.

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