Google Chrome – Fixing google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb File Could Not Be Opened

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I am using 64 bit ubuntu 11.10. I am trying to install the google chrome web browser by downloading "google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb" file but when i try to open it by using ubuntu software center it is saying that that .deb file could not be opened. little help please

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First download Chromium from the Ubuntu Software Centre then remove it. Then try installing Google Chrome.

P.S. Chromium is basically the same as Chrome, just it is open-sourced! :)

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Comments on the question show that, at least in the case of Tejas Srinivasan (who posted the question), the problem was that Google Chrome was the 64-bit version, but the 32-bit version of Ubuntu had been installed accidentally, rather than the 64-bit version as had been intended. A 32-bit OS cannot run 64-bit programs. Installing the 64-bit version of Ubuntu instead solved the problem.

My googling suggests that the bitness of your Google Chrome may not match the bitness of your Ubuntu. Can you tell us if which of the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Chrome and Ubuntu have you installed?

– edwinksl Aug 1 '16 at 9:48

Yep, that's what the problem was - I'd accidentally installed the 32-bit version of Ubuntu. I did an uninstall and re-installed the 64-bit version. Thanks!

– Tejas Srinivasan Aug 2 '16 at 3:27

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