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I am trying to install google chrome for Ubuntu 20.04. I have loaded .deb file from official website into ~/Downloads and ran

sudo apt install ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && sudo apt update

But it does not appear in applications and command google-chrome is not available via cli.

The output of apt install ... is:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'google-chrome-stable' instead of './google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb'
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  google-chrome-stable
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/89,7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 286 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 201578 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../google-chrome-stable_95.0.4638.69-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (95.0.4638.69-1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (95.0.4638.69-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/x-w
ww-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/gno
me-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/goo
gle-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...

What problem it can be?

Files google-chrome and google-chrome-stable but they are not executable.

sudo chmod +x ./google-chrome-stable does not make any changes

Sorry if it it is a known issue, but I can`t find any solution here.

Denis Gorbunov
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    It installed. Just hit the SUPER key and type "chrome". Or, the CLI is "google-chrome-stable". – heynnema Nov 14 '21 at 20:43
  • What is the output of dpkg -L google-chrome-stable | grep bin/ and which google-chrome-stable? Have you tried to find Google Chrome in desktop environment menu? What is happened when you execute google-chrome-stable? – N0rbert Nov 14 '21 at 21:03
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    Does this answer your question? How to install Google Chrome – N0rbert Nov 14 '21 at 21:03
  • @N0rbert dpkg -L google-chrome-stable | grep bin/ outputs /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable and which google-chrome-stable outputs nothing If I run google-chrome-stable or google-chrome cli says that there is no such command. If I prefix this commands with sudo .. it outputs ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(90)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. – Denis Gorbunov Nov 15 '21 at 07:04
  • @heynnema It does not exist either in the menu or in the command line – Denis Gorbunov Nov 15 '21 at 07:10
  • You should not run it as root. What is your desktop environment? Are you running on Xorg or Wayland? Do you have other more serious problems with this system? – N0rbert Nov 15 '21 at 07:13
  • @N0rbert No, I have this issue only with google chrome. Tried this OS image on another PC and all works fine. This is a common system on my laptop. This is my screenfetch output:

    OS: Ubuntu 20.04 focal Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.11.0-40-generic Shell: sudo WM: Mutter WM Theme: Adwaita GTK Theme: Adwaita [GTK3] Disk: 38G / 52G (78%) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx @ 8x 2,1GHz GPU: AMD/ATI

    So I need to execute sudo su before any installation or what? Sorry, I am new to linux.

     – Denis Gorbunov Nov 15 '21 at 08:19
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – N0rbert Nov 15 '21 at 08:21

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