How do I install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 24.04?

Question

I have used Google Chrome with many versions of Ubuntu. I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 on a laptop. Subsequently I downloaded a Chrome Deb package from Google and installed it. When I then tried to launch Chrome it would not start. No reasons given by the system. It just fails. What is going on?

Answer 1

If there is any issue preventing the GUI from loading, you can try starting the google-chrome application from terminal:

These simpler instructions worked for me:

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

Now you can use dpkg to install Chrome from the downloaded DEB file:

2. sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Running the application:

3. google-chrome

Reference: https://itsfoss.com/install-chrome-ubuntu/

Answer 2

I had the same problem and these steps helped me:

1. When I tried to run google-chrome in terminal I saw the error:

   The profile appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process on another computer. Chrome has locked the profile so that it doesn't get corrupted. If you are sure no other processes are using this profile, you can unlock the profile and relaunch Chrome.

2. After that checked output of:

   hostnamectl

   stat ~/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock

3. In my case the problem was solved after removing the config file /home/Link/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock

I found solving here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=294107

Answer 3

My answer is a variation of the one @prusswan gave. Kudos there.

1. Make sure the system is up-to-date.

~# apt update
~# apt upgrade

2. Make sure wget is installed (and install it if it's not).

~# wget --version

3. Use wget to fetch the latest google-chrome package (into the current directory).

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

4. Attempt to run dpkg, which failed due to missing dependencies. (This is where using apt install would be preferred to avoid dependency hell.)

~# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 171077 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (130.0.6723.91-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
 google-chrome-stable depends on fonts-liberation; however:
  Package fonts-liberation is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-chrome-stable

5. Use apt to fix the borked install.

~# apt --fix-broken install
<... snip ...>
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  fonts-liberation fonts-liberation-sans-narrow
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fonts-liberation fonts-liberation-sans-narrow
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1,800 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,894 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
<... snip ...>
Selecting previously unselected package fonts-liberation.
(Reading database ... 171195 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../fonts-liberation_1%3a2.1.5-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking fonts-liberation (1:2.1.5-3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package fonts-liberation-sans-narrow.
Preparing to unpack .../fonts-liberation-sans-narrow_1%3a1.07.6-4_all.deb ...
Unpacking fonts-liberation-sans-narrow (1:1.07.6-4) ...
Setting up fonts-liberation (1:2.1.5-3) ...
Setting up fonts-liberation-sans-narrow (1:1.07.6-4) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (130.0.6723.91-1) ...
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 fontconfig (2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2) ...
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed

6. Run dpkg again.

~# dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 171224 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (130.0.6723.91-1) over (130.0.6723.91-1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (130.0.6723.91-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...

7. View what's left behind.

~# cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov  2 11:14 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Oct 31 13:59 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  190 Nov  2 10:52 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  386 Oct 31 13:59 ubuntu.sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2552 Aug 27 10:21 ubuntu.sources.curtin.orig
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# more google-chrome.list
THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED
You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# which google-chrome
/usr/bin/google-chrome
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll which google-chrome
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Oct 28 20:19 /usr/bin/google-chrome -> /etc/alternatives/google-chrome*
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll /etc/alternatives/google-chrome
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 28 20:19 /etc/alternatives/google-chrome -> /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable*
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Oct 28 20:19 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable -> /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome*
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1585 Oct 28 20:19 /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome*
~# /etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll /opt/google/chrome/
total 292732
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:50 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 249363672 Oct 28 20:19 chrome*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    824033 Oct 28 20:19 chrome_100_percent.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1470792 Oct 28 20:19 chrome_200_percent.pak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   2444992 Oct 28 20:19 chrome_crashpad_handler*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   4331216 Oct 28 20:19 chrome-management-service*
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root    208000 Oct 28 20:19 chrome-sandbox*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root         7 Oct 28 20:19 CHROME_VERSION_EXTRA
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 cron/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       482 Oct 28 20:19 default-app-block
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 default_apps/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root      1585 Oct 28 20:19 google-chrome*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10468208 Oct 28 20:19 icudtl.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    240384 Oct 28 20:19 libEGL.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6976728 Oct 28 20:19 libGLESv2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7691144 Oct 28 20:19 liboptimization_guide_internal.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     26688 Oct 28 20:19 libqt5_shim.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     28960 Oct 28 20:19 libqt6_shim.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4683512 Oct 28 20:19 libvk_swiftshader.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    562344 Oct 28 20:19 libvulkan.so.1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 locales/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 MEIPreload/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     10577 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_128.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       787 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_16.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      1281 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_24.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     38037 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_256.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      1810 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_32.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      7611 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_32.xpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      3095 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_48.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      4557 Oct 28 20:19 product_logo_64.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9505137 Oct 28 20:19 resources.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    687473 Oct 28 20:19 v8_context_snapshot.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       107 Oct 28 20:19 vk_swiftshader_icd.json
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root      4096 Nov  2 10:52 WidevineCdm/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     37394 Oct 28 20:19 xdg-mime*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     33273 Oct 28 20:19 xdg-settings*

Interesting symbolic link path. It appears that dpkg set up the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list so that future updates should work with apt.

Answer 4

I was able to set it up from remote computer visited g.co/crd/headless on other computer and followed instructions.

Answer 5

I think that it is easier now to use the snap. It is safe to run that way and it will auto update too.

snap install chromium

then go to the Apps. and enter "chrom..." and it should appear right there. You can then move it on your dash so it remains accessible directly from there.

Another great advantage of this method, other than the auto-updates, is that the libraries (dependencies) are always going to be a 1 to 1 match. With a .deb, there could be incompatibility between your installed libraries and the one expected by the .deb. Browsers have become really complicated.