🌐 Google Chrome Setup on Ubuntu

Install Google Chrome

1. Download and install required packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget curl gnupg

1. Add Google’s official GPG key

wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/google-chrome.gpg

1. Add Google Chrome repository

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/google-chrome.gpg] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

1. Install Chrome

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y google-chrome-stable

---

Run Google Chrome

google-chrome-stable &

Or open it from your desktop Applications menu.

---

Useful Commands

google-chrome-stable --version        # check version
google-chrome-stable --incognito      # open in incognito mode
google-chrome-stable --headless       # run in headless mode (for automation)

---

Remove Google Chrome (if needed)

sudo apt purge -y google-chrome-stable
sudo rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/keyrings/google-chrome.gpg
sudo apt autoremove -y