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Beginner The Odin Project • foundations

linux

Lesson Overview

1. Open your **Terminal** 1. Run the following command to download latest **Google Chrome** `.deb` package

Guide: Install Chrome on Linux

Step 1: Download Google Chrome

  1. Open your Terminal

  2. Run the following command to download latest Google Chrome .deb package

    wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Copy and paste keyboard shortcuts

You have probably noticed that the common keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + V to paste something doesn’t work in the terminal. In order to paste your text input into your terminal you can use: Ctrl + Shift + V keyboard shortcut combination, instead. It is also very handy to know that the: Ctrl + Shift + C keyboard combination will copy any highlighted text from your terminal, which can then be pasted later.

Step 2: Install Google Chrome

  1. Enter the following command in your terminal to install Google Chrome .deb package

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

  2. Enter your password, if needed

A note on typing passwords in the terminal

When using a command in the terminal that requires you to enter your password for authentication (such as sudo), you will notice that the characters aren’t visible as you type them. While it might seem like the terminal isn’t responding, don’t worry!

This is a security feature to protect confidential information, like how password fields on websites use asterisks or dots. By not displaying the characters you write, the terminal keeps your password secure.

You can still enter your password as normal and press Enter to submit it.

Download is performed unsandboxed

You can ignore any notes saying N: Download is performed unsandboxed (...).

Step 3: Delete the installer file

rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Step 4: Using Google Chrome

You can start chrome in two ways:

  • Click Google Chrome from the Applications menu

  • Or, use the google-chrome command from the terminal

    google-chrome

Google Chrome as a background process

Chrome is going to use this terminal to output various messages and won’t let you run other commands. Don’t worry about those messages. If you want to use the same terminal that you run Chrome in for other commands, use google-chrome & instead.

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