Today after installing ubuntu I encountered a problem when I was trying to install chrome I first downloded the file then when I clicked software centre got opened I clicked install button many times but it didn t get installed
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Use gdebi
to install .deb files, instead of Software Center
, as it's a lot more reliable, and more user-friendly.
In terminal
...
sudo apt-get update # to update the software databases
sudo apt-get install gdebi # to install gdebi, if it's not already there
Find the Chrome .deb file that you downloaded. Right-click on it, and choose Properties, and change the "open with" default from Software Center
to gdebi
.
Then double-click on the .deb file to install Chrome.

heynnema
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Why not try using the terminal way
dpkg -i <packge name>.deb
if not successful you might get errors why.

Tobi Obadiah
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gdebi
just to install Chrome. The same effort will install Chrome already. – Pilot6 Jun 26 '17 at 17:23gdebi
. – heynnema Jun 26 '17 at 17:25gdebi
. I mean that you don't need it to install Chrome. – Pilot6 Jun 26 '17 at 17:30dpkg
? Yes, but double-clicking the .deb file won't get you there. Much easier for the user. – heynnema Jun 26 '17 at 17:36