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First I asked this at AskUbuntu:

I've been trying to install .deb chrome file google-chrome-stable_current_amd.64.deb. It is saved in my Downloads, so I tried this command

sudo apt-get install ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd.64.deb After reading the package list it responds:

E: Unsupported file /home/stockton/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd.64.deb given on command line I don't know why it says E: file, I though Linux drives and files are not named after letters like Windows drives, for example 'C:' but idk I can still be wrong. I did have Windows 10 before I booted Ubuntu.

Any help will be great.

And then someone suggested I perform this command:

The conventional way is to install using dpkg. It is a new feature of apt to install from deb files. That's why the correct syntax is not always clear. man apt doesn't tell much either.

So a guaranteed way is to copy the deb file to your Home directory and running

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb If it is the first time you install Chrome, you will get some error messages regarding missing dependencies. You can fix it by

sudo apt install -f Instead of copying to Home you can use the path

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

Now when I tired the sudo apt -i command, the computer was processing the downloaded chrome files and puts on the screen: Errors were encountered while processing: google-chrome-stable I don't know what to do now please help me.

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  • What exactly don't you understand about " If it is the first time you install Chrome, you will get some error messages regarding missing dependencies. (...)?!? Why did you post a duplicate of your first question, badly formatted and hard to read? –  Sep 20 '17 at 14:40

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