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Google Chrome is a non-free proprietary web browser based on Chromium with extra features added such as a built-in Adobe Flash reader and PDF viewer along with support for DRM. Use this tag for questions about installing and using the Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu systems.

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Google Chrome

This tag is for Google's browser, Chrome. For questions on Chromium read and use .

Chrome is not available in the default Ubuntu repositories, but you can install it by using Google's PPA. Ubuntu ships Chromium, the open source project that Chrome is built from. See this for a detailed list of differences between Google Chrome and Chromium.

Since version 28, all Chromium based browsers use a forked version of Webkit, called Blink.

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How to update Chrome in Ubuntu 20.04

What is the right way to update chrome on Ubuntu 20.04. My installation was with .deb file I started getting update chrome warning messages on my chrome now. I do not want to uninstall and then reinstall to save my bookmarks and saved…
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YouTube movies are playing too fast with chrome

I've got movies playing in fast forward in YouTube HTML 5 mode if I play it in Google Chrome. If I open it with Firefox, it plays well. Any ideas?
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Google Chrome wont start after changing hostname

I tried to start google chrome in terminal several times, and I keep receiving the following message: ... :ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(309)] The profile appears to be in use by another Google Chrome process (8629) on another computer ("previous…
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Youtube - couldn't load plug-in

All of a sudden there's this message of 'couldn't load plug-in' on chrome. Firefox is fine though, I tried updating flashplayer but it didn't work. Thoughts?
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Chrome running slowly

Google Chrome, a web browser built for speed, runs terribly slowly if I leave it on for a several hours. It's like it is using a lot of memory though it is not. Tabs are very slow to load or switch between. CPU and RAM usage both appear to be…
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Google Chrome does not quit nicely

When Google Chrome opens, it displays a message that says that it "did not shut down properly". This happens everytime I open it, after booting the computer or just after closing the browser with the X. There is a button that offers me to open the…
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Where does chromedriver install to?

I've executed sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver for selenium, but which chromedriver does not return anything.
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Have installed chrome on Ubuntu. However cannot find where to run it

The installer says chrome has been installed. It does not show up in Software Center.
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Chrome flickering on Ubuntu

simple (hopefully) question; I have a Dell XPS 13 with a Skylake processor, running Ubuntu 16.04. Some webpages cause flickering (namely Twitch); I have Googled solutions and came across hardware acceleration as an option to fix it, which worked but…
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Profile error when launching google-chrome

Possible Duplicate: Hide 'Your profile could not be opened correctly' Whenever I launch google-chrome, a window is displayed which contains this message: Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please…
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Permanently fix Chrome scroll speed

So, I am changing the scroll speed in Ubuntu using this answer: Change mouse wheel scroll speed in Chrome on 12.04 (edit starter bar commandline) Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --scroll-pixels=150 %U It works, but every time Chrome updates I…
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Google Chrome 20: How to workaround poor performance with Flash?

After the update to "Google Chrome 20.0.1132.47" google-chrome started to lag. It gets stuck for couple of seconds and then it resumes. The issue seems to start after I enter any flash site Running google-chrome from terminal results in following…
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes while I'm using Chrome

When I am using Chrome, after some time the system freezes. I don't know why it's happening with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I keep updating my system.
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How do I use the chrome driver in Ubuntu 16.04?

The code below is showing an error as if the file does not exist. I can find the chromedriver.exe file, but the .exe file seems to be non-executable. These are my commands: System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","driver =…
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Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme?

Can you "fix" chrome's close, minimize, maximize buttons so they are on the left, and use ubuntu's theme? I might actually use chrome then.
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