Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 9.10

This post was written when Chrome was still not available for Linux. Chromium was the only option then. Now that Google Chrome is available, just go to Google’s website and download the browser directly.

Tired of Firefox? Do you want something a little bit more faster, maybe more stable? I seem to have issues with Firefox running on Ubuntu 9.10. I’m not sure what’s going on, but it has crashed several times. This article shows you how to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 9.10.

Add to your sources list.

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

You may substitute jaunty, intrepid, hoary for other distributions.

Add the GPG keys.

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

Run an update.

sudo apt-get update

Finally, install Google Chrome.

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

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27 Comments

  • At 2009.11.04 15:07, Myke said:

    I think you can also go to Sources (gui) and just add ppa:ppa chromium-daily which will import the key too.

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    • At 2009.11.04 15:58, John Kraft said:

      these instructions are for “chromium” not “google chrome” — the two are close, but different.

      this is no knock to chromium, but if you want the actual google chrome browser for linux, you can go to http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel — scroll down to linux, click on the appropriate .deb link (32-bit or 64-bit), save the file, and run it with ‘dpkg -i’

      this will install chrome, and will also add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and import the key for later updates

      -John

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      • At 2009.11.10 09:12, ulyssesr said:

        They are essentially the same. One is open-source, the other blessed and tweaked by Google. Just think of Chromium for developers and Chrome for the general public. Chrome is a bit more stable. It’s similar setup to Fedora and Redhat, Ubuntu and Kubuntu, etc.

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        • At 2009.11.10 14:11, Exodus said:

          Great article. Thanks.

          Also good comment on the google chrome link.

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          • At 2009.11.16 20:20, Boris said:

            Thank you – that was phenomenally easy!
            I just installed Linux for the first time, and was able to follow your directions no problem!

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            • At 2009.11.19 20:39, charles said:

              Thanks. Work like a charm.

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              • At 2009.11.20 00:59, ulyssesr said:

                You’re welcome.

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                • At 2009.11.21 18:33, Cody said:

                  don’t type in the second line…

                  Only type the following into the terminal:

                  sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com

                  I tried it and it added the key correctly…

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                  • At 2009.11.22 22:29, ulyssesr said:

                    For real. I need to try. Thanks.

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                    • At 2009.12.06 02:43, mongolia said:

                      Thanks….

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                      • At 2009.12.08 09:53, Kelelawar said:

                        I have try to install… and I have done.. Thanks

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                        • At 2009.12.08 15:16, ulyssesr said:

                          Congrats.

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                          • At 2010.01.08 01:55, Arian said:

                            By the way, Google have real Chrome (beta version) for Linux (including Ubuntu 9.10). It available here:
                            http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html?hl=en&brand=CHMA&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-row-bk&utm_medium=ha
                            I installed it and happy :)

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                            • At 2010.01.18 02:36, Andrew said:

                              I tried and it works! Thanks

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                              • At 2010.01.18 02:40, Mykal said:

                                You can just download Chrome itself right from Google web site now too.

                                http://www.google.com/chrome

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                                • At 2010.01.19 04:44, soil said:

                                  Is anybody having difficulties loading the chrome from Google? The package installer keeps telling me that the file is corrupt. Am on Karmic

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                                  • At 2010.01.19 08:31, ulyssesr said:

                                    I will update this post. This was written when Chrome was not yet available to Linux, now that it is, it’s easy to jump to Google’s website and download it.

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                                    • At 2010.01.19 08:35, soil said:

                                      Thanks. This is the file I was referring to in my earlier post. Karmic is claiming that the file is corrupt…at least my installation of Karmic. Any idea how we can fix this?

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                                      • At 2010.01.19 08:42, ulyssesr said:

                                        Hi Soil,

                                        If you are having problems with Chromium, you can download Chrome directly from Google and see if that works. Unless you want Chromium. I haven’t had problems installing Chromium. I’ve done it at least 5 times. Not sure if your download got corrupted.

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                                        • At 2010.01.19 09:31, soil said:

                                          My apologies for not being clear enough. This is the Chrome from Google. I downloaded from this URL http://www.google.com/chrome/thankyou.html?platform=linux_ubuntu_i386. Amazingly, I did download it previously from the same site and worked fine

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                                          • At 2010.01.19 16:50, ulyssesr said:

                                            I’m not sure why you’re getting a corrupt file. I’m assuming you are downloading the correct .deb file.

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                                            • At 2010.02.06 18:34, Harris said:

                                              Crap, your title says ‘Chrome’ so I followed the instructions only to find it doesnt work.
                                              How do I uninstall now?

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                                              • At 2010.09.03 05:02, Ananda said:

                                                Thanks brother.

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                                                • At 2010.12.11 06:16, esther said:

                                                  i download google chrome but it’s getting slower nowadays….i want to update and download the chrome 9 i don’t know how many times i’ve tried it doesn’t work.

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                                                  • At 2011.01.11 20:42, wpolscemamymocneseo said:

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