Install Google chrome web browser in Ubuntu

This post was written by admin on June 17, 2009
Posted Under: General

Chromium is an open-source web browser which build a safer, faster, and more stable way for Internet users to experience the web.It has a laconic and friendly window with preferences at right side of the address bar.Following is a Chromium web browser window.

First,edit the source.list file and add following to the end of the file:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

For ubuntu 9.10(karmic):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

For ubuntu 9.04

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

For ubuntu 8.10

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

And add the GPG key:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

Then,update the source list and install chromium

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

After installation you can open up the browser at Applications–>Internet–>Chromium Web Browser,right click on it and select “add this launcher to panel”