Objective
The objective is to install the Google Chrome web browser on Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Linux 64-bit
Requirements
Privileged administrator/root access is required to install this software.
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
Next, use the wget command to download the Google Chrome package:
$ wget -O ~/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Install Google Chrome
To install the Google Chrome package on Ubuntu 18.10 execute the following dpkg command:
$ sudo dpkg -i ~/chrome.deb
Start Google Chrome
Regardless of your graphical user interface you can always start Google Chrome from the terminal by executing:
$ google-chrome
Alternatively, GNOME users can click on Activities and search for chrome.
Launch Google Chrome browser from Ubuntu 18.10 Activity menu.
Decide whether to make Google Chrome browser as your default browser
Google Chrome Browser on Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Linux