Ubuntu – Google Chrome fails to start

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This is the error I get when I run google-chrome in the terminal:

[0505/065554:ERROR:nss_util.cc(94)] Failed to create
/home/pipi/.pki/nssdb directory. [0505/065554:ERROR:nss_util.cc(94)]
Failed to create /home/pipi/.pki/nssdb directory.
[3545:3545:0505/065557:ERROR:nss_util.cc(94)] Failed to create
/home/pipi/.pki/nssdb directory.
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(417)] readlink
failed: Permission denied
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(253)]
readlink(/home/pipi/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed:
Permission denied
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(253)]
readlink(/home/pipi/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed:
Permission denied
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(277)] Failed
to create /home/pipi/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock: Permission
denied [3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(417)]
readlink failed: Permission denied
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(253)]
readlink(/home/pipi/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed:
Permission denied
[3545:3545:0505/065558:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1213)] Failed to
create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that
running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes
rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now
to avoid profile corruption.

Best Answer

Correct the ownership, assuming pipi is your username:

chown -R pipi:pipi /home/pipi

and the permissions for all folders:

find /home/pipi -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 775

775 - These are the default permissions when you create a new folder.

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