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
sudocommand - $ – 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.
