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Today when i tried to update, i got a message that there was 1 upgrade to be made, so i did a sudo apt-get upgrade and got this message:

The following packages have been kept back: google-chrome-stable

So i looked around and it said that sudo apt-get dist-upgrade would fix the problem, but it didn't. Then i opened Synaptic, went Fix Broken Packages, and still nothing.

I finally searched for google-chrome-stable in Synaptic, found the packages and when i marked them for upgrade i got this:

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How can i fix this?

I should note that i am using Ubuntu 12.04 - 64 bit

Nikola Atanasov
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not receive updates for Google Chrome, more information you can find here :
The support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux systems and Ubuntu 12.04 ended in March 2016.
You should uninstall Google Chrome mainly, because you do not get security updates anymore !

To remove Google Chrome open a terminal and execute : 

sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable

To remove the Google Chrome repository execute : 

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

To remove all the configuration files delete this folder : /home/user/.config/google-chrome

Check whether there is another Google .list file in the sources.list.d folder and in case there is - remove it as well. Alternatively you can install the chromium-browser, on which the Google Chrome web browser is built or you wait a few days and install the new Ubuntu 16.04.

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cl-netbox
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The dist-upgrade command cleaned out your repository list, disabling the outdated google-chrome.list.

This can be fixed by reinstalling the latest version of Chrome

Google Chrome for Ubuntu can be downloaded from Google. At present, the 64bit version is the only one available.

The error is resolved by installing the latest version from Google.

The download link is http://www.google.com/chrome. The official link can also be found with a google search of download chrome.

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