{"id":4902,"date":"2020-01-06T22:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2024-03-13T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T04:47:10","slug":"install-google-chrome-browser-on-centos-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-google-chrome-browser-on-centos-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Google Chrome Browser on CentOS 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CentOS 8 does not come with Google Chrome browser<\/a> installed by default. Therefore, if you are running CentOS 8 desktop and you want to use Chrome browser, you then have to install it. Follow through this guide to learn how to install Google Chrome Browser on CentOS 8 desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing Google Chrome Browser on CentOS 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You go two options to install Google Chrome browser on a CentOS 8 desktop system;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Download an Google Chrome RPM binary and install it using rpm<\/strong> or dnf<\/strong> package manager
    or<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Create the Google Chrome Linux repository and install it from Repos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Run system update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Ensure that your system packages are up-to-date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    dnf update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Install Google Chrome using RPM Binary Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    Well, you got two options here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Obtain a link for the Google Chrome RPM binary and install it automatically as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    dnf install https:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/direct\/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    ...\ngoogle-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm                                                                                743 kB\/s |  59 MB     01:21    \nDependencies resolved.\n=======================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                     Arch                        Version                               Repository                         Size\n=======================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n google-chrome-stable                        x86_64                      79.0.3945.88-1                        @commandline                       59 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n libXScrnSaver                               x86_64                      1.2.3-1.el8                           AppStream                          31 k\n libappindicator-gtk3                        x86_64                      12.10.0-19.el8                        AppStream                          43 k\n libdbusmenu                                 x86_64                      16.04.0-12.el8                        AppStream                         140 k\n libdbusmenu-gtk3                            x86_64                      16.04.0-12.el8                        AppStream                          41 k\n libindicator-gtk3                           x86_64                      12.10.1-14.el8                        AppStream                          70 k\n liberation-fonts                            noarch                      1:2.00.3-4.el8                        BaseOS                             19 k\n liberation-serif-fonts                      noarch                      1:2.00.3-4.el8                        BaseOS                            607 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n=======================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  8 Packages\n\nTotal size: 60 M\nTotal download size: 951 k\nInstalled size: 213 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    If you got enough time with you, download Google Chrome RPM binary package for your respective system architecture from Google Chrome page<\/a> and install it as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    For example, to download a binary package for a 64 bit system;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    wget https:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/direct\/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Once the download completes, use dnf<\/code> command to run the installation as shown below. This ensures that all required dependencies are taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    dnf localinstall google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Install Google Chrome from Chrome Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    To create the Google chrome Linux repositories on CentOS 8, execute the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    cat << EOL >> \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/google-chrome.repo\n[google-chrome]\nname=google-chrome\nbaseurl=http:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/chrome\/rpm\/stable\/x86_64\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/linux_signing_key.pub\nEOL<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    After the repos are in place, install Google Chrome stable version on CentOS 8 desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    dnf install google-chrome-stable<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Dependencies resolved.\n=======================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                   Arch                        Version                                Repository                          Size\n=======================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n google-chrome-stable                      x86_64                      79.0.3945.88-1                         google-chrome                       59 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n libXScrnSaver                             x86_64                      1.2.3-1.el8                            AppStream                           31 k\n libappindicator-gtk3                      x86_64                      12.10.0-19.el8                         AppStream                           43 k\n libdbusmenu                               x86_64                      16.04.0-12.el8                         AppStream                          140 k\n libdbusmenu-gtk3                          x86_64                      16.04.0-12.el8                         AppStream                           41 k\n libindicator-gtk3                         x86_64                      12.10.1-14.el8                         AppStream                           70 k\n liberation-fonts                          noarch                      1:2.00.3-4.el8                         BaseOS                              19 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n=======================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  7 Packages\n\nTotal download size: 60 M\nInstalled size: 211 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Verify Installed Version of Google Chrome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    After the installation, you might want to verify the version of installed Google Chrome browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    google-chrome --version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    google-chrome-stable --version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Both commands give you same result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Google Chrome 79.0.3945.88<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    You can find help on command line usage of Google Chrome browser on;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    man google-chrome<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    man google-chrome-stable<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Running Google Chrome Stable on CentOS 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    You can now launch Google Chrome  browser from activities on CentOS 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"Install<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    You can as well launch it from terminal by simply running the command google-chrome<\/code> or google-chrome-stable<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    That marks the end of the installation of Google Chrome Browser on CentOS 8. Happy browsing!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    Install Wine 4 on CentOS 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Install latest phpMyAdmin on CentOS 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Install WordPress with Nginx and MySQL 8 on CentOS 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Install and Configure Squid Proxy on CentOS 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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