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I am trying to install Google Chrome,or Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 15.04, I tried:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

in Terminal,but it says:

E: Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable

So what do I do to install Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 15.04?

Tim
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You can install Chromium Browser by running:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Tim
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Pilot6
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Don't mix chromium and chrome. What you wrote was a command to install google chrome, but it isn't available as you didn't add their ppa into your repository:

add-apt repository ppa:[chrome ppa]

Chromium is good and accessible from the Software Center, but i suggest you directly download the google chrome .deb from their site, it detects linux automatically and downloads the latest .deb package version, which is opened with the software center.

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Just go to Google Chrome's website and download the DEB version of it. Once that DEB file is downloaded you can simply double-click it to install it. If, for whatever reason, you want Chromium instead of Chrome, just do what Pilot6 said, which I'll put here. 

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

The advantage of Chrome over Chromium is that Chrome has a few more features and (I believe) gets security updates and the like sooner.

Here's a direct download for the 64-bit DEB in case you have trouble finding it: https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

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  • This is for Chrome, not Chromium. – Pilot6 Oct 13 '15 at 21:59
  • @Pilot6 "I am trying to install Google Chrome,or Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 15.04" – TheWanderer Oct 13 '15 at 22:00
  • Umm excuse me,what is the difference between Chome and Chromium? – Emily Shan Oct 13 '15 at 22:03
  • @EmilyShan Chromium is basically the open-source version of Chrome. It has the basic features, but not as many features as Google Chrome. Google Chrome is also actively updated, while Chromium usually gets these updates later on. At least, this is how I understand it. – TheWanderer Oct 13 '15 at 22:04
  • Which did you end up installing? – TheWanderer Oct 15 '15 at 01:00
  • @Zacharee1: How does Chrome get updated? I installed it using the .deb file I downloaded from the Google website, but unlike the Windows version there's no option to check for updates under about:chrome. – SarahofGaia Nov 07 '15 at 04:59
  • I'm fairly certain it's under the actual three line menu. Updates should happen automatically and ask you to restart Chrome when they're ready to be installed. I'm not completely sure though. @SarahofGaia – TheWanderer Nov 07 '15 at 05:11
  • Can't see anything like that, but thanks, anyway. – SarahofGaia Nov 07 '15 at 05:15
  • It is preferred that you search before answering duplicates. – Tim Mar 02 '16 at 21:37
  • @Tim your duplicate isn't a duplicate, and this answer isn't either. That question if asking how to install Chromium from the terminal. This question is asking how to install Chromium or Google Chrome in the first place. Not necessarily through the terminal. – TheWanderer Mar 02 '16 at 21:40
  • if you have an ancient computer running 32-bit Linux then your only choice now is Chromium if you want to get updates, as Chromes has discontinued support for 32-bit Linux – phuclv Mar 26 '16 at 02:02