Instaling Chrome

[NewToLinux]

I am having problems with Chromium (version 57.0.2987.98 amd64) on
a Jessie desktop system.

Drop down menus on certain websites are not working at all (the menus don't drop down). I understand that Chromium on Jessie is no longer supported.

Rather than going through the whole process of updating from Jessie to Stretch in order to get the latest stable Chromium version (62.0.3202.89),
I was thinking of the possibility of installing the latest version of Chrome on Jessie. I have seen several websites that refer to this process :-

https://askubuntu.com/questions/885973/ ... t-on-16-04

https://www.tecmint.com/install-google- ... linux-mint

My intention would be as follows :-

(1) Click on the following link and download the Google Chrome Browser from Google's website, as appropriate to a Debian 64 bit system :-

https://www.google.co.in/chrome/browser ... index.html

I note that Google's repository will be also be added to my system so that
Chrome can automatically be kept up to date.

(2) Perform an update :-

sudo apt-get update

(3) Install Chrome as follows :-

sudo apt-get install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb


(4) Run Chrome :-

$ google-chrome-stable


Would this work okay, with no problems at all ?

[man_without_clue]

I just downloaded .deb file and did dpkg -i XXXX.deb

working perfectly.

[sunrat]

...
Would this work okay, with no problems at all ?

No, you're mixing up the commands from both those guides in a way that won't work as apt-get won't install local packages. And why do 5 steps when 1 will do the same thing? The last answer at that askubuntu page is the easiest way:

Download the Chrome package and open a terminal in the download directory. Then:

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sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Gdebi should work too. I usually switch to root first with su rather than using sudo.
This command will add the Chrome repository and add a launch icon to your menu.

[debiman]

...additionally, i think you should find out what the differences between chromium and chrome are.
your first post, you're mashing them together like they're the same.

[NewToLinux]

Just a check :-

Can Chrome and Chromium co-exist on a Jessie system without any problems ?

[michapma]

I am having problems with Chromium (version 57.0.2987.98 amd64) on
a Jessie desktop system.

Drop down menus on certain websites are not working at all (the menus don't drop down). I understand that Chromium on Jessie is no longer supported.

It is: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/chromium
The current version is 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1.

Otherwise, installing the locally downloaded .deb package as advised is the best way.

[michapma]

Just a check :-

Can Chrome and Chromium co-exist on a Jessie system without any problems ?

No problem. The program binaries and data are installed in separate locations. The profiles are also located at different directories. Chromium should be at

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~/.config/chromium

and Chrome (the stable version) should be in

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~/.config/google-chrome

Given your user name, the ~ stands for the location of your home directory: /home/username (whatever your username is).

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chrom ... ata_dir.md

[pcalvert]

Do not use Chromium on Debian Jessie. It is no longer supported and will not receive any more security updates.

See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-securit ... 00282.html

[NewToLinux]

Chrome has now been installed on a Jessie system as follows :-

(1) Logged into home directory as root.

(2) Downloaded google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb from

https://www.google.co.in/chrome/browser ... index.html

to the home directory.

(3) In the home directory, tried to install Chrome :-

apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

(4) This failed, giving lots of error messages such as :-

E: Release 'google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' for 'firefox-l10n-hr' was not found

(5) The command :-

dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

was then run.

(6) This gave the messages :-

Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.
(Reading database ... 120380 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (63.0.3239.84-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
google-chrome-stable depends on libappindicator1; however:
Package libappindicator1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
google-chrome-stable


(7) So the command :-

apt-get -f install

and then the command :-

dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

were run.

(8) Then the command :-

google-chrome-stable

was run to start Chrome.

(9) This produced the following error messages :-

libGL error: failed to open drm device: Permission denied
libGL error: failed to load driver: nouveau
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
[32145:32145:1211/192714.812289:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(351)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.

Can anyone please explain what these errors mean and how can they be resolved ?

Chrome runs to some extent but I would like to clear up the above errors.

Thanks very much.

[pcalvert]

You're trying to install Chrome the hard way. There is an easier, simpler way.

Run these commands as root:

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aptitude update
aptitude install gdebi-core
gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb


And for good measure:

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aptitude upgrade


Phil

[sunrat]

You're trying to install Chrome the hard way. There is an easier, simpler way.
Phil

I suggested gdebi should work in my previous post but apt install should do exactly the same thing (did for me). As "NewToLinux" is possibly new to Linux I figured installing yet another package would just add to complexity and confusion and probably have the same issues.
I didn't reply to their last post as the issues just seem weird and baffling ie. I have no idea why those problems are occurring or how to fix them.

E: Release 'google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' for 'firefox-l10n-hr' was not found

This makes no sense at all. A Firefox language package should not be a dependency of Chrome.

google-chrome-stable depends on libappindicator1; however:
Package libappindicator1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
...

(7) So the command :-
apt-get -f install
and then the command :-
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
were run.

libappindicator1 is the only dependency IIRC, which should be installed by apt-get -f install which should then finish configuring Chrome.
It should not be necessary to install Chrome with dpkg again.

It's all just really weird. I fell there is some essential information missing to be able to diagnose it.

[stevepusser]

The "apt" command in Jessie can't install local deb files, you've got to have the Stretch version or better to do that.

I'm thinking we need some custom Thunar action to do that in MX 17, since apt can install multiple debs at one time that may depend on one another, something that gebi can't handle.

[sunrat]

The "apt" command in Jessie can't install local deb files, you've got to have the Stretch version or better to do that.

Thanks, I didn't know that.