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Ubuntu 17.10 comes with Firefox as the default browser.

Attempting to

sudo apt-get install chromium

informs that it is not found in the repository.

Question: How do I install Chromium (so I can use my Google login to synchronize bookmarks and extensions)?

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    All versions of Ubuntu come with Firefox as default. I don't think any version has ever had Chromium as default, or even installed by default. – muru Nov 01 '17 at 03:45
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    I don't understand that the first question has to do with the second question. Please don't tack hardly related questions together as that's going to make both of them harder to answer. Please open separate questions for (1) how to use profile synchronisation in Chromium and (2) how to deal with copy & paste issues. – David Foerster Nov 01 '17 at 08:39
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    If you mean, want to sync between linux and windows (or other device supported) using chrome based browser with 1 account you may use chrome browser instead. you can install chrome from official site. https://www.google.com/chrome but if want still using chromium, you can download from https://download-chromium.appspot.com/

    Please make sure, you are on 64bit architecture of linux operating system or i686 before installing google chrome. because 32bit is end-of-support.

     – ryuffhant Nov 29 '17 at 04:32
  • TNX. That is exactly what I meant. I now have it working in Ubuntu 16.04 - Chromium 62, I think. It didn't work before, but this latest version seems fine. The 'droids handle bookmarks differently but I think there will be a way to tackle that, too. I have pretty much gone full-in with Google, with the exception of Docs - I store that stuff locally so I don't lose control of it like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=google+blocking+docs – SDsolar Nov 29 '17 at 07:01

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Chromium can be installed via Ubuntu Software

Either click on the icon on the left or click on Activities in the menu bar, then search for it by name.

Click on the Install button.

Once it is installed, click on the Launch button to start it.

It is also available by clicking on the lower-left Show Applications icon and run Chromium from the screenful of icons that comes up.

From there on, it is the same as Ubuntu from 14.04 on. i.e., while it is running you can right-click on the icon on the left as it runs in order to Add to Favorites so it stays there.

Sign In normally and verify your 2FA with the Google Authenticator or whichever method you use.

The first thing to do is visit Settings and verify your Sync settings.

In this first test case, the bookmarks were showing before completion of the Settings review. (Most defaults were fine except towards the end where it still defaults to continuing to run background tasks even after exiting Chromium)

Extensions came later.

Voila, Chromium is now installed just like on previous versions.

Note: Ubuntu Desktop 17.10 is not a LTS (Long Term Service) version. LTS means that support is expected to last for five years. 17.10 promises 9 months of support. In other words, it is not yet recommended for production environments.

Plus, people are still finding basic user interface bugs in it:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/971402/why-cant-i-copy-text-from-terminal-after-17-10-upgrade?

The latest LTS version is Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.3, which can be downloaded here:

Ubuntu Desktop Downloads

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Chromium can be installed by:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Note that Copy/Paste does not work the same with 17.10:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/971402/why-cant-i-copy-text-from-terminal-after-17-10-upgrade

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  • maybe consider accepting this as the answer. even though the command is missing the install argument and with the copy/paste mess, at least it's the right package name. – Sam Hammamy Nov 28 '17 at 21:17