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just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my assembled machine.
Tried to install Chromium via Ubuntu Software or Chrome but installing process stops very soon. Tried to run in terminal:

sudo apt install chromium 

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package chromium is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu E: Package 'chromium' has no installation candidate

sudo apt install chromium-bsu 

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree       Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 chromium-browser-l10n : Depends: chromium-browser (>= 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263) but it is not going to be installed
                         Depends: chromium-browser (< 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263.1~) but it is not going to be installed
 chromium-bsu : Depends: chromium-bsu-data (>= 0.9.14) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: fonts-uralic but it is not going to be installed or
                         ttf-uralic but it is not installable
                Depends: libalut0 (>= 1.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libglc0 (>= 0.7.1) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Maybe, is there a problem of unmet dependencies..?

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  • Were there a problem of unmet dependencies, apt would tell you so. Did it? – user535733 Jan 08 '17 at 21:37
  • Open a terminal and run sudo apt update when it finishes run sudo apt install chromium and add the out put to your question. – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 21:38
  • sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ sudo apt install chromium Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done Package chromium is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu

    E: Package 'chromium' has no installation candidate

     – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 21:46
  • the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu So for 32bit sudo apt install chromium-bsu:i386 For 64bit: sudo apt install chromium-bsu As for Chrome, the only way to get it is here https://www.google.co.uk/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html#eula I would do you a an answer but the question got closed. – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 21:52
  • How to post terminal output? Comment too long... – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 21:58
  • Edit it in to your question. – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:00
  • just done. but I am not able to indent in a code block.. – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 22:08
  • Open a terminal and run sudo apt -f install then try sudo apt install chromium-browser my 16.04 says the package should be chromium-browser IDK why it suggested bsu, that is a game. – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:11
  • http://paste.ubuntu.com/23767105/ – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 22:17
  • Run cd /var/cache/apt/archives then ls in the output do you find a file a bit like chromium-browser.deb? – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:20
  • sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ cd /var/cache/archives bash: cd: /var/cache/archives: No such file or directory sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ ls Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop Music Pictures Public Templates Videos – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 22:24
  • You made an error in the command, it is cd /var/cache/apt/archives you missed the /apt – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:25
  • excuse me for mistake... I found 3 of it: chromium-browser_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263_amd64.deb
    chromium-browser-l10n_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263_all.deb chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263_amd64.deb     – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 22:28
  • OK run sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium* to remove all them, them run sudo apt install chromium-browser and it should install with those broken files gone. – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:29
  • I will summarize this in an answer, to say thanks, simply accept the answer. Glad this is fixed for you :) – Mark Kirby Jan 08 '17 at 22:37
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    Thanks from Italy! peace and love. Ubuntu community will grow because of you! – user639912 Jan 08 '17 at 22:39

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Yes, the problem was dependencies, these are fixed with

sudo apt -f install

The second issue was some left over file from apt's failed attempt to install in /var/cache/apt/archives, to fix this run

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium*

Now Chromium will install

sudo apt install chromium-browser

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This problem may occurs when there is a background process is happening

first check any process is happening in background by using snap changes in terminal

if there is any process happening stop it by using sudo snap abort ID number here in the place of Id number place the number of operation which is shown in ID column you want to stop.

this worked for me

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Go to the Google home page on your browser.There should be a linux download there.download and click on it and it should install automatically.If you cant find it on the home page,search for " Google Chrome Browser download".

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