How to install Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to install Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

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

Other Versions of this Tutorial

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

Instructions

Install Chromium Browser

Chromium browser is a part of Ubuntu 18.04 repository, hence installation of Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 18.04 is simple as execution of a single command. Open up terminal and enter:

$ sudo apt install chromium-browser

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Start Chromium Browser

You can start the Chromium browser from command line by executing:

$ chromium

command or by searching the start menu: