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
sudo
command - $ – 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
.