Google Chrome Web Browser installation on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

Objective

The objective is to install Google Chrome Internet Browser on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

Requirements

Privileged access to your Debian 9 Stretch system is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

• # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Download Google Chrome

First, download the latest Google Chrome's debian package using the wget command:

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

Install Google Chrome

Once the latest Google Chrome debian package is downloaded, use dpkg to perform the actual installation. Execute, the below command as root or with use sudo command:

# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 300021 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (55.0.2883.87-1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (55.0.2883.87-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/google-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-8) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...

All done. To start using Chrome Browser either click on Google Chrome shortcut by navigating to your start menu or run:

$ google-chrome

command from your terminal.