Install and update Google Chrome On Fedora 23/ RHEL 7.2/ CentOS 7.1
Google Chrome
Google chrome is a free web browser developed by Google inc. The Google chrome browser is based on the open source Chromium project. The Chromium is the open-source web browser project from which Google chrome use its source code. The Maximum source code and features are same. The initial update and new features are comes in chromium first. After that feature get successful and fix the all bug then that feature/ concept will be adapt in the Chrome Browser. So if you want a completely open source web browser please install chromium. If you doesn't care about this then go for Chrome. The chrome has the highest number of users and it also the super fast browser. you can create different profile in google chrome by using your gmail address.
Features of Google Chrome
Chrome Web Store
Chrome web store is an online market place like Android playstore. Here you can discover the thousands of apps, Extension, Games and Themes etc. When compare to the other browsers like Firefox and opera it has the more no of apps and extension. For visit chrome webstore goto chrome.google.com/webstore
Translation in the browser
Chrome is the world's first browser which comes with the language translation in the browser itself with out required any additional apps/plugins. The translation feature is bundled with chrome. You can set your default language and convert any web page any where you want.
Themes
Thousands of themes available in the chrome web store and most of them are completely free. So you can easily customize your browser as your wish. Themes are help to improve the look and feel of your browser and it gives more user interface.
New Tab Page
You can set the your favorite/particular web page as open as New tab. So when you open a new page it will go automatically to that web page without type any url in the address bar so your browsing experience more easy.
Omnibox
You can type both web address (url) and your searches in chrome address bar by using omnibox which was firstly introduced in chrome. you can search query directly from address bar instead of going search engine page and type query.
The above features are some example of chrome. It have more features that help to improve your browsing experience without any stuck.
Chrome in RPM Package
Google chrome are available in windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Chrome comes with .deb (debian) and .rpm (RPM) Packages. The Fedora/RHEL/CentOS is the some example for RPM based linux distros. Ubuntu, Kubuntu is the some example of .deb package linux distros. Here i will give you the tutorial about install, remove and update chrome on RPM based distros. You can install the chrome by two methods
Method 1 : Download chrome offline package form chrome website and then start installation by using yum/dnf command
Method 2 : Create the official google repository for chrome and then start installation
OK lets start the chrome installation.
Install Google Chrome :
Method 1 (Download Offline .rpm package)
1. Go to https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/ webpage by using default browser like firefox
2. choose your architecture i.e 32 bit or 64 bit in .rpm package
3. Finally Click accept and install button then your file will start downloading..
4. wait for chrome download completion
you can download this package via Terminal by using wget command
##For 32 Bit Architecture## $ wget "https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm" ##For 64 Bit Architecture ## $ wget "https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm"
The above command for download the package as same as that name and it stored in your current directory location. If you want to change the file name and stored in the different directory location use "wget -o " command
5. After complete Download go to your chrome file location and type the following command
Make sure activate all your repository before start installing file because when installing it required some dependency package. so activate your online/offline repository.For 32 Bit
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum install google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
For 64 Bit
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum install google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
The above command check and install the all dependency package then start installing chrome package Open Google chrome by running following command.
For get the info about google-chrome-stable
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf info google-chrome-stable ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum info google-chrome-stable
Open Chrome and Create Shortcut For Google Chrome
You must open the chrome browser with non superuser. If you try to run the chrome as root user it will give the error message and also it affect the security of browsing.
##Open Chorme## $ google-chrome &
To get the Google chrome icon/ create the shortcut to open the following directory here you can find the all installed application shortcut
$ nautilus /usr/share/applications
Method 2 (Create Google Official Repository):
Create online repository and then installing the chrome. This is the best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM repository. Here i will give the repository name is 'google.repo' you can change that name as your wish but it must end with .repo Here i am using gedit to edit the text you can use your favorite text editor for this purpose
##Open Repo File## $ sudo gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
Copy and paste the following content and save the repo file
For 32 Bit
[google32] name=Google - i386 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
For 64 Bit
[google64] name=Google - x86_64 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
save and close the file. you can check your repository are added are not.
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf repolist ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum repolist
The output will show you google repository is added are not. If your output contain the name like google32/google64 your repository is added successfully else again repeat the above step and add the google repository.
Install the Google Chrome with yum or Dnf Command
Install Google Chrome Stable Version
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum install google-chrome-stable
Install Google Chrome Beta Version
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf install google-chrome-beta ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum install google-chrome-beta
Install Google Chrome Unstable Version
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf install google-chrome-unstable ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum install google-chrome-unstable
Remove(Uninstall) the Google Chrome Form Your Computer
Remove Google Chrome using dnf/yum command
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf remove google-chrome-* ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum remove google-chrome-*
Update the Google Chrome
if you want to update the google chrome you must enable the google repository file and internet connectivity. If you are using the method 1 Installation you can not update the chrome with out having the offline chrome rpm package
##For Fedora 22/23## $ sudo dnf update google-chrome-* ##For Fedora 21/RHEL/ CentOS## $ sudo yum update google-chrome-*
Conclusion
I hope all the instructions are helpful for you. It may useful for understand how to add repository and how to use yum/dnf command. If any other problems occure during this installation and for any other queries please leave command below or contact us via contact us page. For more Linux tutorials please subscribe Email News feed. Thank you and keep visiting have a nice day.
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