Ubuntu – Can’t update Google Chrome

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I updated Google Chrome from the Software Updater in Ubuntu 12.04, but it didn't actually update. "About Google Chrome " is still showing the previous release.

Best Answer

If you would like to keep you browser up to date, I think the easiest thing to do is to add the PPA. I will explain how to do this for both Chrome and Chromium. These two browsers are mostly the same, but you can check out the differences here.

Chrome

First you have to install the key. This can be done by opening Terminal and typing

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Step two is to add the repository

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'

Then you update and, if you haven't already, install Google Chrome

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

Chromium

Chromium is more straight forward. Just add the PPA, update, and install by typing this in Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-v-shkop/chromium
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
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