I'm Jeffrey Godwyll

On the Google Chrome Help Forum , I usually run into Ubuntu users who sometimes have issues installing or reinstalling Google Chrome. This post is to help fill that void.

Some Prerequisites

$ sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable

and then

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Now we'll first install some necessary libraries for Chrome.

$ sudo apt-get install libxss1 libappindicator1 libindicator7

Let's download Chrome

** For 64 bit system: **

Stable:

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

Beta:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb

Dev/Unstable:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb

** For 32-bit system: **

Stable:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

Beta:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-beta_current_i386.deb

Dev/Unstable:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb

Install and Run Chrome:

$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb

Installing it this way ensures that a PPA is added to your system so that Google Chrome receives the latest updates whenever you check for system updates.

Now run Chrome with

$ google-chrome-stable

or

$ google-chrome-beta

or

$ google-chrome-unstable

depending on what you installed.

Happy Browsing!!!