{"id":9259,"date":"2021-06-21T21:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2024-03-18T20:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:29:36","slug":"install-google-chrome-on-rocky-linux-8-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-google-chrome-on-rocky-linux-8-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Follow through this guide to learn how to install Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8 desktop. Rocky Linux 8 does not come with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Chrome browser<\/a>&nbsp;installed by default. Therefore, if you are running Rocky Linux 8 desktop and you want to use Chrome browser, you then have to install it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You got two options to install Google Chrome on a Rocky Linux 8 desktop system;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#chrome-rpm\">Download an Google Chrome RPM binary and install it using&nbsp;<strong>rpm<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>dnf<\/strong>&nbsp;package manager<br><\/a>or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#chrome-repos\">Create the Google Chrome Linux repository and install it from Repos.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Run system update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure that your system packages are up-to-date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chrome-rpm\">Install Google Chrome using RPM Binary <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you got two options here as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obtain a link for the Google Chrome RPM binary and install it automatically as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf install https:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/direct\/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\ngoogle-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm                                                                                                     1.5 MB\/s |  79 MB     00:52    \nDependencies resolved.\n============================================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                          Architecture                     Version                                     Repository                              Size\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n google-chrome-stable                             x86_64                           91.0.4472.114-1                             @commandline                            79 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n liberation-fonts                                 noarch                           1:2.00.3-7.el8                              baseos                                  19 k\n liberation-serif-fonts                           noarch                           1:2.00.3-7.el8                              baseos                                 608 k\n mesa-vulkan-drivers                              x86_64                           20.3.3-2.el8                                appstream                              5.4 M\n vulkan-loader                                    x86_64                           1.2.162.0-1.el8                             appstream                              117 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  5 Packages\n\nTotal size: 85 M\nTotal download size: 6.1 M\nInstalled size: 276 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you got enough time with you, download Google Chrome RPM binary package for your respective system architecture from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Chrome page<\/a>&nbsp;and install it as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, to download a binary package for a 64 bit system;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>wget https:\/\/dl.google.com\/linux\/direct\/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the download completes, use&nbsp;<code>dnf<\/code>&nbsp;command to run the installation as shown below. This ensures that all required dependencies are taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf localinstall google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chrome-repos\">Install Google Chrome from Chrome Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To create the Google chrome Linux repositories on Rocky Linux 8, execute the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\ncat << 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\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After the repos are in place, install Google Chrome stable version on Rocky Linux 8 desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf install google-chrome-stable<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\ngoogle-chrome                                                                                                                               3.9 kB\/s | 3.5 kB     00:00    \nDependencies resolved.\n============================================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                        Architecture                     Version                                      Repository                               Size\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n google-chrome-stable                           x86_64                           91.0.4472.114-1                              google-chrome                            79 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n liberation-fonts                               noarch                           1:2.00.3-7.el8                               baseos                                   19 k\n mesa-vulkan-drivers                            x86_64                           20.3.3-2.el8                                 appstream                               5.4 M\n vulkan-loader                                  x86_64                           1.2.162.0-1.el8                              appstream                               117 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  4 Packages\n\nTotal download size: 85 M\nInstalled size: 275 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verify Installed Version of Google Chrome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After the installation, you might want to verify the version of installed Google Chrome browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>google-chrome --version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>google-chrome-stable --version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Both commands give you same result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code><strong>Google Chrome 91.0.4472.114<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find help on command line usage of Google Chrome browser on;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>man google-chrome<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>man google-chrome-stable<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Running Google Chrome Stable on Rocky Linux 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now launch Google Chrome browser from activities on Rocky Linux 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1201\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/chrome-rocky-linux-8.png\" alt=\"Install Google Chrome Browser on Rocky Linux 8 desktop\" class=\"wp-image-9260\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/chrome-rocky-linux-8.png?v=1624299452 1201w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/chrome-rocky-linux-8-768x365.png?v=1624299452 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can as well launch it from terminal by simply running the command&nbsp;<code><strong>google-chrome<\/strong><\/code>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<code><strong>google-chrome-stable<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That marks the end of the installation of Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8. Happy browsing!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Rocky Linux 8 Tutorials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-vnc-server-on-rocky-linux-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install VNC Server on Rocky Linux 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-phpmyadmin-on-rocky-linux-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install phpMyAdmin on Rocky Linux 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-lemp-stack-on-rocky-linux-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install LEMP Stack on Rocky Linux 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow through this guide to learn how to install Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8 desktop. 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