install Google Chrome 36 On The Most Popular Linux Systems, Via The Official Google Repository

install Google Chrome 36 On The Most Popular Linux Systems, Via The Official Google Repository


Hello friends. As you may know, Google Chrome is a popular closed-source browser built on the Blink layout engine, created by Google.
The latest version available is Google Chrome 36, which has been recently released. Among others, it comes with 26 security fixes, got better notifications, an updated Incognito mode design, a brand new Browser crash recovery bubble and a new Chrome App Launcher. Unfortunately, the Java elements will not work on this Chrome version and a a fix has not yet been found. For more information about this release, see the official announcement.
In this article I will show you how to install Google Chrome 36 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint, LXLE, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.
Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation:

How to install Chrome 36 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Debian and other Ubuntu/Debian derivative systems:

Instructions for bot 32 bit and 64 bit systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
$ wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

How to install Chrome 36 on Fedora and CentOS systems:

Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[google-chrome]\nname=google-chrome - 32-bit\nbaseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo'
$ sudo yum update
$ yum install google-chrome-stable
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[google-chrome]\nname=google-chrome - 64-bit\nbaseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo'
$ sudo yum update
$ yum install google-chrome-stable

How to install Chrome 36 on OpenSUSE systems:

Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386 Google-Chrome
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install google-chrome-stable
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ sudo zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 Google-Chrome
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install google-chrome-stable

How to install Chrome 36 on Mageia and OpenMandriva systems:

Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo rpm --import https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
$ sudo urpmi.addmedia --update chrome_i386 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386
$ sudo urpmi google-chrome-stable
Instructions for 64 bit systems:

$ sudo rpm --import https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
$ sudo urpmi.addmedia --update chrome_x86_64 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
$ sudo urpmi google-chrome-stable