It has happened with other things that I wanted to install also.
It shows a box with: "This software comes from a 3rd party and may contain non-free components".
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1Did you get any error messages? Posting them would be helpful. – Organic Marble Jul 16 '16 at 00:25
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Yes, I wrote it: 'This software comes from a 3rd party and may contain non-free components'. – user515975 Jul 16 '16 at 02:06
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1That's not an error message. – Organic Marble Jul 16 '16 at 02:25
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Why would that message prevent you from installing Chrome? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jul 16 '16 at 05:09
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2Possible duplicate of How to install Google Chrome? – Pilot6 Jul 16 '16 at 11:23
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The point is that I can't install some stuff. I wrote the info I get every time I try to install something and I have done everything suggested in the responses I've read, but it is clear that I must be missing something. I'll keep looking. Thank you guys! – user515975 Jul 16 '16 at 14:54
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Enable Canonical partners and Canonical Partners (Source) in Software and Updates in the tab titled Other Software, select Reload and retry to install Google Chrome or other third party software.
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1Google Chrome is not made available via Canonical Partners. (Skype is.) – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jul 16 '16 at 05:10
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You can also install Google Chrome by navigating to https://chrome.google.com, clicking "Download > For Personal Computers ", and selecting ".deb for Ubuntu".
Wait for the download to complete, then open the .deb file and enter your password when you're prompted. Hopefully, Chrome will install as normal, and may even be eligible for apt updates.
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So, like Cat said, download the appropriate Chrome .deb file from:
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/
Then navigate to your Download folder, right click on the .deb file and open it with the “Gdebi Package Installer”. It is really slick and will install Chrome with no problems.
If you haven’t installed the “Gdebi Package Installer” you can easily get it from the Ubuntu Software Center. Gdebi has come through for me in a lot of instances where everything else has failed. It just works.
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Done that, but did not work. Never mind, I am using another browser. :) – user515975 Jul 30 '16 at 21:31