Installing Google Chrome on Debian Complete the following steps to install Google Chrome on your Debian system:
1. Download Google ChromeOpen your terminal either by using the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by clicking on the terminal icon.
Complete the following steps to install Google Chrome on your Debian system:
1. Download Google Chrome
Open your terminal either by using the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by clicking on the terminal icon.
Run the following wget command to download the latest Google Chrome .deb package:
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
2. Install Google Chrome
Once the download is complete, install Google Chrome by typing:
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
You will be asked to enter your user password. The command above will install Chrome and all dependencies.
Starting Google Chrome
Now that you have Google Chrome installed on your Debian system you can start it either from the command line by typing google-chrome or by clicking on the Google Chrome icon (Activities -> Google Chrome).
When you start Google Chrome for the first time, you will be presented with the following window asking whether you want to make Google Chrome your default browser and to send usage statistic and crash reports to Google:
Select according to your preference, and click OK to proceed.
Google Chrome will open, and you’ll see the default Chrome welcome page.
From here, you can sign-in to Chrome with your Google Account to sync your bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings on all your devices.
Updating Google Chrome
During the installation, the official Google repository will be added to your system. You can use the cat command to verify the file contents:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
When a new version is released, you can update the Google Chrome package through your desktop standard Software Update tool or by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt updatesudo apt upgrade