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I recently downloaded Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. After extraction, google-chrome-stable (from chrome->usr->bin->...) says

the link "google-chrome-stable" is broken and its target "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" doesn't exist ...

What should I do?

David Foerster
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Carburetor
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  • Could you add the download link you used and how exactly you attempted to install it, please? If it was a *.deb file you downloaded, you may not extract it, but install it using the terminal (open with CTRL+ALT+T) command sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb. – Byte Commander Oct 21 '15 at 19:03

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You always install .deb files by opening a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and running the command:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb

For example:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable.deb

You should never just extract the binary files from the archive and try to run them. This may work for very simple applications, but is usually predetermined to fail.

Or, whenever possible, use the Ubuntu Software Center to download and install software without any trouble.

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Byte Commander
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  • :: you've made my day bro . but previously I downloaded opera.deb,extracted it,opera-stable->usr->bin->opera(LinkToExecutable(application/x-executable)) ->double click -> opera ran !!!! no installation !!! N.B: chrome icon is (LinkToShellScript(application/x-shellscript)) – Carburetor Oct 21 '15 at 19:28
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    If for some reason you need to download a .deb, you want to use the package manager to install it as in the answer. There are indeed some programs where the binary will run without formal installation, but it's not common and you're setting yourself up for potential problems down the road. If a binary doesn't need to be installed to run (eclipse, for example), it's usually distributed in some type of zipped file, which you can just extract, rather than a .deb. – chaskes Oct 22 '15 at 03:19