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I am new to Ubuntu and trying to install Chrome. I go as far as the the installation window/button. when I click to install, it says "Installing" for 2 second and goes back to install button. Can anyone guide me in this? thanks,

Iraj Y
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    You should try Chromium :) – pa4080 Mar 25 '17 at 21:21
  • Will you append the output of this command-line to your question: sudo uname -a && sudo lshw -class CPU | egrep width – L. D. James Mar 25 '17 at 23:39
  • How are you trying to install? Are you from come countries which are blocked by google? (such as Iran?) – Mostafa Ahangarha Mar 26 '17 at 17:10
  • @SpasSpasov His problem is in installation of Google-Chrome. I don't find your comment relevant. – Mostafa Ahangarha Mar 26 '17 at 17:12
  • @MostafaAhangarha I just introduced Chromium to Iraj Y. – pa4080 Mar 26 '17 at 17:20
  • Mostafa, thank you for your response. No I am not in Iran and no restrictions. I have tried to download and install. The process goes through without any problems all the way to the "Install" window. When I click on the install button, the button changes to: "installing" for a couple of seconds and goes back to "Install" button. It does not even asks me to authenticate. So, I am not sure what is going on. – Iraj Y Mar 26 '17 at 20:51

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Some times various window managers, do not prompt for the administrative(sudo) authentication. So try this, in your web browser, open a search dialog, and type download chrome.

This should take you to a location, that contains a download chrome button. You will be prompted to chose between 64 but .deb (for Debian/Ubuntu) or 64 bit .rpm(for Fedora/openSUSE). Choose the .deb file.

And accept and install, the Google Chrome Terms of Service.

Choose to save the file.

Then drop to a Terminal Prompt, and navigate to where it was downloaded. This location is typically, /home/yourusername/Downloads

type the following:

sudo dpkg -i ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

The -i instructs dpkg to install the designated file. The use of ./ informs dpkg, to use the current folder to find the specified file.

With sudo this prompt for your password, if you have sudoers privilege, it should provide the appropriate authentication and permit the installation to proceed.

dajavex71
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  • dajavex, thank you for your response. As I mentioned, the install button does not work. So, I am trying to use the second option. I am using the following syntax and get an error message. sudo dpkg -i home/administrator/downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb I would appreciate a little more help as this is my first day using linux. Thank you again – Iraj Y Mar 25 '17 at 22:00
  • If the account was named administrator, then /home/administrator/Downloads/...... Also remember, that filenames/pathnames within linux are case sensitive. Probably best, to navigate to the folder, where the file was downloaded. when dropped to a terminal prompt, you are in your 'home' folder.. type cd Downloads, then do an ls -l to confirm the file is present. The type sudo dpkg -i ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb – dajavex71 Mar 25 '17 at 22:04
  • dajavex, Thanks again for your help. I did do the CD command to downloads typed the command. Now I get the following error "processing archive ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb (--install): package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386) Errors were encountered while processing: ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb" Not sure what I am doing wrong. – Iraj Y Mar 25 '17 at 22:30
  • @IrajY It seems like your hardware may not support that downloaded file, here is link that may provide an alternative to what I have provided. Askubuntu post: no-more-updates-for-google-chrome-apt-get-update-error – dajavex71 Mar 25 '17 at 23:04