Ubuntu – Installation of Google Chrome fails in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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I installed the recently introduced Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version directly in my machine and tried installing Google Chrome web browser via Ubuntu Software Installer. I constantly receive the an installation failure message when attempting this.

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It has to be noted that Google Chrome worked fine in another PC in which I upgraded the Ubuntu version from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS.

What could be the cause for this issue?

Best Answer

Let me guess the error: Chrome depends on libappindicator1.

I ALWAYS get that when installing Chrome. Good news is the fix is simple:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

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Have you tried the workaround?

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop ~/google-chrome.desktop.bak~
sudo sed -i 's/\/usr\/bin\/google\-chrome\-stable/\/usr\/bin\/google\-chrome\-stable \-\-touch\-devices=123/g' /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

If this workaround causes problems, use this command to uninstall:

sudo cp ~/google-chrome.desktop.bak~ /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

Source: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222#c175

Ubuntu – Why does google chrome not install in16.04 ubuntu

This is a known bug in the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (GNOME) Software application, but you can install Google Chrome in an alternative way ... open a terminal and execute the following commands :

echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list  

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

sudo apt-get update  

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

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