How do I remove google chrome which is not starting anymore?

Question

I have tried to make google chrome run as root using this tutorial but now simply Google Chrome won't start.

If I try from terminal with google-chrome I get:

root@ubuntu:~# google-chrome 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

If I try to uninstall from the software center, it simply hangs when I click on installed software. I tried apt-get purge but with no success. What do you suggest?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '12 at 00:15

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Run the following command as root: apt-get purge google-chrome-stable.

answered Jul 25 '12 at 00:15

Eric Carvalho

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@NicolaPeluchetti Why are you running a browser as root? Please read this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16178/why-is-it-bad-to-run-as-root – Eric Carvalho Jul 25 '12 at 00:21
Because i'm lazy and i don't want to type sudo. It's a VM i have to install to develop on node + redis because doing that on windows it's a real pain, i don't see any security issue in doing this. If someone can access my windows user / passowrd i would have problems anyway :) – Nicola Peluchetti Jul 25 '12 at 00:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 27 '12 at 00:16

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Go to /usr/bin, edit google-chrome. I did it with Kate.

At the end of exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@", add --user-data-dir, so it looks like this: exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" --user-data-dir.

edited Dec 27 '12 at 00:16

Eric Carvalho

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answered Dec 26 '12 at 23:47

user49102

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 23:51

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Kill chrome in system monitor and then try removing it.

answered Jul 24 '12 at 23:51

Arup Roy Chowdhury

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I'm new to ubuntu, what is system monitor? – Nicola Peluchetti Jul 24 '12 at 23:53
Equivalent of Windows Task Manager. – Arup Roy Chowdhury Jul 25 '12 at 01:43
@ArupRoyChowdhury This answer would be improved if you were to add instructions for opening the System Monitor and/or a screenshot showing how. (I would edit this in myself, but I am currently on a Lubuntu system, which uses a different utility, launched differently.) – Eliah Kagan Aug 14 '12 at 11:27

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 12 '16 at 08:41

You can kill Chrome from the System Monitor: Launch it from the Unity ta sk bar (it's just called "System Monitor") or launch it from the terminal with gnome-system-monitor -- you'll see all running processes under the "Processes" tab. You might have a few "Chrome" processes running (I had four just now) -- select the processes called chrome and use the "End Process" button to kill them.

How do I remove google chrome which is not starting anymore?

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